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PUBLIC LAW 101-240—DEC. 19, 1989 103 STAT. 2519 (6) Section 204 of the African Development Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 290g-2). (7) Section 1335 of the African Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 290i-3). (8) Section 701(d) of the International Financial Institutions Act(22 U.S.C.262d(d)). (f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. — (1) Section 4(b) of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286b(b)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively. (2) Section 30 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286e-9) is amended by striking "(a)". 22 USC 285b. (3) Section 4 of the Asian Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 285b-9) is amended by striking "(a)". (4) Title Xm of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 1308 (as added by section 521 of this Act) as section 1307. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC 601. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTER- NATIONAL MONETARY FUND SHOULD EXPEDITIOUSLY ACT UPON LOAN REQUESTS FROM POLAND. It is the sense of the Congress that, based on the liberalization of Poland's economic system and the opening of its economic system to market forces, the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and of the International Monetary Fund to urge upon their colleagues that their respective institutions move as expeditiously as possible in considering and acting upon loan requests from, and in disbursing approved loans to, Poland. SEC 602. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS SUPPORTING ASSISTANCE BY MULTI- LATERAL LENDING INSTITUTIONS TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN POLAND. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretsuy of the Treasury should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the multi- lateral development banks (as defined in section 1617 of the Inter- national Financial Institutions Act), of the International Finance Corporation, and of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to enter into discussions with the other executive directors of such institutions and, in such discussions, urge such institutions to con- sider and act promptly upon (and, in the case of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, after Poland becomes a member country of such institution) requests by individuals and private businesses in, and the Government of, Poland for financial and technical assistance in the establishment of financial institutions (including institutions such as credit unions, thrift institutions, and commerdiEd banks) and businesses involved in the provision of credit and financial services.