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 123STA T . 3 40 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 200 9FUND.—TheS e cr e ta r yof the Trea su ry sha l l in struct the U nite d States Ex ecuti v e D irector of the I nternational M onetary F und to p ro m ote— (A) transparency and accounta b ility in the policy - ma k in g and budgetary procedures of governments of mem- bers of the Fund ( B ) the participation of citi z ens and nongovernmental organizations in the economic policy choices of those governments; and ( C ) the adoption by those governments of loans , agree- ments, or other programs of the Fund through a parliamen- tary process or another participatory and transparent process, as appropriate. ( 3 ) EFF ORTS TOR E DU C ET H E W ORST FOR M SOFCH IL D L AB OR.— (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to promote policies and practices to reduce the w orst forms of child labor (as defined in section 507 ( 6 ) of the Trade Act of 19 7 4 (19 U.S.C. 2 467(6))) through education and other means, such as promoting the need for members of the Fund to develop and implement national action plans to combat the worst forms of child labor. (B) N ot later than one year after the date of the enact- ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign R elations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the H ouse of Representatives a report describing efforts of the Fund to reduce the worst forms of child labor. (c) NATIONAL BUD G ET TRANS P ARENC Y .— (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles III and I V of this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of any country that fails to publicly disclose on an annual basis its national budget, to include income and expenditures. (2) The Secretary of State may waive the re q uirements of paragraph (1) on a country-by-country basis if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to the national interest of the United States. (3) O f the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘ ‘Economic Support Fund ’ ’,upto $ 1,500,000 may be made avail- able for programs and activities to assist the central govern- ment of any country named in the reports required by para- graph (2) to improve national budget transparency
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d, That such sums shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes. (d) ASIAN DE V ELOPMENT BAN K .—Ten percent of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Contribution to the Asian Development Fund’’ shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the Committees on Appro- priations that the Asian Developement Bank (the Bank) is taking steps to— (1) implement an independent review, to include external specialists, of the operations and internal controls of the Office of Information Systems and Technology and any other offices considered vulnerable to fraud and corruption; Reports.Waiv era u t h orit y . Reports. P u bl i c i nf or m ation. D ea d line. Deadline. Reports.