---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9633"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9633"
heading: "Maximum contingent liability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9633"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development"
  - "Subchapter III — Administrative and General Provisions"
---

# §9633. Maximum contingent liability

- (a) **In general—** The maximum contingent liability of the Corporation outstanding at any one time shall not exceed in the aggregate $205,000,000,000.
- (b) **Rule of construction—** The maximum contingent liability shall apply to all extension of liability by the Corporation regardless of the authority cited thereto.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–254, div. F, title III, § 1433, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3501; Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXVII, § 8753, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1964.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text of section read as follows: “The maximum contingent liability of the Corporation outstanding at any one time shall not exceed in the aggregate $60,000,000,000.”