Johnson Act
Summary of Johnson Act
An act of Congress that prohibits private persons from extending credit to any foreign government in default on financial obligations to the United States. Two amendments in 1945 exempted all members of the International Monetary Fund from the prohibition, as well as any transaction to which the Export-Import Bank is a participant. As a result, the act effectively applies only to certain communist countries.
(Main Author: William J. Miller)
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