Notes on 22 U.S.C. § 286 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 22 U.S.C. § 286 : US Code - Notes

(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, Sec. 2, 59 Stat. 512.)
SHORT TITLE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 90-349, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 188 [enacting sections
286n to 286r of this title and amending sections 412, 415, 417, and
467 of Title 12, Banks and Banking], is known as the "Special
Drawing Rights Act". For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 286n of this title
and Tables.
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of act July 31, 1945, provided: "This act [enacting
this subchapter and amending section 822a of former Title 31, Money
and Finance] may be cited as the 'Bretton Woods Agreements Act'."
PAR VALUE MODIFICATION
For Congressional direction that the Secretary of the Treasury
maintain the value in terms of gold of the holdings in United
States dollars of the International Monetary Fund and of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development following the
establishment of a par value of the dollar at $38 for a fine troy
ounce of gold pursuant to the Par Value Modification Act and for
the authorization of the appropriation necessary to provide such
maintenance of value, see section 5152 of Title 31, Money and
Finance.