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§ 1442. Informational media guaranties
(a) Authorization to make
(b) Assumption of notes issued pursuant to section 1509(c)(2) of this title; advances
(c) Limitations of time; total of guaranties outstanding
(d) Sale of foreign currencies; special account; availability
(e) Deposit of fees; availability
(f) Advance payments
(g) Separate accounts; transfers
(h) Appropriations for restoration of realized impairment to capital; liquidation of notes
(1) There is authorized to be appropriated annually an amount to restore in whole or in part any realized impairment to the capital used in carrying on the authority to make informational media guaranties, as provided in subsection (c), through the end of the last completed fiscal year.
(2) Such impairment shall consist of the amount by which the losses incurred and interest accrued on notes exceed the revenue earned and any previous appropriations made for the restoration of impairment. Losses shall include the dollar losses on foreign currencies sold, and the dollar cost of foreign currencies which (a) the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Director, has determined to be unavailable for, or in excess of, requirements of the United States, or (b) have been transferred to other accounts without reimbursement to the special account.
(3) Dollars appropriated pursuant to this section shall be applied to the payment of interest and in satisfaction of notes issued or assumed hereunder, and to the extent of such application to the principal of the notes, the Director is authorized to issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury which will bear interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yields of outstanding marketable obligations of the United States having maturities comparable to the guaranties. The currencies determined to be unavailable for, or in excess of, requirements of the United States as provided above shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury to be held until disposed of, and any dollar proceeds realized from such disposition shall be deposited in miscellaneous receipts.
(4)Section 1476(a) of this title 1 shall not apply with respect to any amounts appropriated under this section for the purpose of liquidating the notes (and any accrued interest thereon) which were assumed in the operation of the informational media guaranty program under this section and which were outstanding on August 24, 1982.
(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title X, § 1011, as added Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(a), 68 Stat. 862; amended Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(g), as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 11(a), 70 Stat. 563, and amended Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(1), Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(i), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 274; Pub. L. 86–108, ch. VII, § 701(c), July 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 257; Pub. L. 97–241, title III, § 304(f), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 293.)