**(a) Required disclosure** Whenever a request is made by the Fund to the United States as a member to furnish data under article VIII, section 5, of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund, the President may, through any agency he may designate, require any person to furnish such information as the President may determine to be essential to comply with such request. In making such determination the President shall seek to collect the information only in such detail as is necessary to comply with the request of the Fund. No information so acquired shall be furnished to the Fund in such detail that the affairs of any person are disclosed.
**(b) Penalty for refusal** In the event any person refuses to furnish such information when requested to do so, the President, through any designated governmental agency, may by subpoena require such person to appear and testify or to appear and produce records and other documents, or both. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any such person, the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the President or any governmental agency designated by him, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or appear and produce records and documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
**(c) Penalty for unlawful disclosures** It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Government, or for any advisor or consultant to the Government, to disclose, otherwise than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under this section, or to use any such information for his personal benefit. Whoever violates any of th
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**(a) Required disclosure** Whenever a request is made by the Fund to the United States as a member to furnish data under article VIII, section 5, of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund, the President may, through any agency he may designate, require any person to furnish such information as the President may determine to be essential to comply with such request. In making such determination the President shall seek to collect the information only in such detail as is necessary to comply with the request of the Fund. No information so acquired shall be furnished to the Fund in such detail that the affairs of any person are disclosed.
**(b) Penalty for refusal** In the event any person refuses to furnish such information when requested to do so, the President, through any designated governmental agency, may by subpoena require such person to appear and testify or to appear and produce records and other documents, or both. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any such person, the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the President or any governmental agency designated by him, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or appear and produce records and documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
**(c) Penalty for unlawful disclosures** It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Government, or for any advisor or consultant to the Government, to disclose, otherwise than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under this section, or to use any such information for his personal benefit. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
**(d) “Person” defined** The term “person” as used in this section means an individual, partnership, corporation or association.
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§ 290h. Congressional findings
The Congress finds that—
(1) social and economic development ulti-
mately depends on the active participation of
individuals within a society and on the en-
hancement of opportunities for those individ-
uals;
(2) the development of individuals and insti-
tutions in African countries can benefit by the
provision of support for community-based self-
help activities;
(3) by enacting title IX of chapter 2 of part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22
U.S.C. 2218], and recent amendments to that
Act, the Congress has sought to enable the
poor to participate in the process of develop-
ment;
(4) the Inter-American Foundation, estab-
lished by Congress in the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1969 [22 U.S.C. 290f], to support the ef-
forts of the people of Latin America and the
Caribbean to solve their development prob-
lems, has demonstrated a successful approach
to development; and
(5) an African Development Foundation
similar in structure to the Inter-American
Foundation, but adapted to the specific needs
of Africa, can complement current United
States development programs in Africa.
(Pub. L. 96–533, title V, § 502, Dec. 16, 1980, 94
Stat. 3151; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(2)
[title V, § 586(h)(1)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535,
1501A–119.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in par.
(3), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Title IX
of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 is classified generally to subpart IX of part II of
subchapter I (§ 2218) of chapter 32 of this title. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and
Tables.
The Foreign Assistance Act of