Summary

Requires the Treasury Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank (IBRD) to continue the Bank’s existing pause on disbursements and new financing to the Government of Burma that began after the 2021 military coup, unless the Secretary determines continuing the pause is not in the public interest. One short section also establishes a short title for citation purposes but does not change policy or funding by itself.

• Directs the Treasury Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank to continue the Bank’s pause on disbursements and new financing to the Government of Burma that began after the 2021 coup.
• Allows the Treasury Secretary to end or not continue the instruction if doing so is determined to be in the public interest.
• Does not create new spending or appropriate funds; it affects U.S. representation at the IBRD rather than direct U.S. aid accounts.
• Includes a short-title clause for citation but no substantive program changes in that clause.
• Primarily shapes U.S. policy toward World Bank lending to the Burmese national government, potentially limiting development financing that would flow through the IBRD.
• Does not explicitly restrict humanitarian or non-IBRD channels of assistance.
• Implementation depends on an administrative instruction to the U.S. Executive Director and the Secretary’s discretionary public-interest determination.
• Has limited complexity: only two short sections and a focused operational instruction to Treasury.
• Effect is indirect—changes how the U.S. votes/acts at the World Bank rather than imposing sanctions or creating new statutory bans.