---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2284"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2284"
heading: "Eligible countries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2284"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — International Development"
  - "Part VII — Debt-for-Nature Exchanges"
---

# §2284. Eligible countries


In order for a [foreign country](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) to be eligible to participate in a debt-for-nature exchange under this part, the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the Agency for International Development shall determine that—

- (1) the host country is fully committed to the long-term viability of the program or project that is to be undertaken through the debt-for-nature exchange;
- (2) a long-term plan has been prepared by the host country, or private conservation group, which adequately provides for the long-term viability of the program or project that is to be undertaken through the debt-for-nature exchange or that such a plan will be prepared in a timely manner; and
- (3) there is a government agency or a local nongovernmental organization, or combination thereof, in the host country with the capability, commitment, and record of environmental concern to oversee the long-term viability of the program or project that is to be undertaken through the debt-for-nature exchange.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 464 [474], as added Pub. L. 101–240, title VII, § 711, Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2522.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Another section 464 of Pub. L. 87–195 is classified to section 2274 of this title.