S. 1026

One Hundred Fifth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven

An Act

To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export-Import

Bank Reauthorization Act of 1997’’.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Extension of authority.

Sec. 3. Tied aid credit fund authority.

Sec. 4. Extension of authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles or services the primary end use of which will be for civilian purposes.

Sec. 5. Clarification of procedures for denying credit based on the national interest.

Sec. 6. Administrative Counsel.

Sec. 7. Advisory Committee for sub-Saharan Africa.

Sec. 8. Increase in labor representation on the Advisory Committee of the ExportImport Bank.

Sec. 9. Outreach to companies.

Sec. 10. Clarification of the objectives of the Export-Import Bank.

Sec. 11. Including child labor as a criterion for denying credit based on the national

interest.

Sec. 12. Prohibition relating to Russian transfers of certain missiles to the People’s

Republic of China.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act

of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking ‘‘until’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘but’’ and inserting ‘‘until the close of business

on September 30, 2001, but’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on September 30, 1997.

SEC. 3. TIED AID CREDIT FUND AUTHORITY.

(a) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.—Section 10(c)(2) of the ExportImport Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–3(c)(2)) is amended by

striking ‘‘through’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1997’’.

(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 10(e) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 635i–

3(e)) is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the

following: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund

such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this

section.’’.
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SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCING FOR THE

EXPORT OF NONLETHAL DEFENSE ARTICLES OR SERVICES

THE PRIMARY END USE OF WHICH WILL BE FOR CIVILIAN

PURPOSES.

Section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428 (12 U.S.C. 635 note; 108

Stat. 4376) is amended by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2001’’.

SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF PROCEDURES FOR DENYING CREDIT

BASED ON THE NATIONAL INTEREST.

Section 2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(B)) is amended—

(1) in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘, after consultation

with the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of

the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,

Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,’’ after ‘‘President’’;

and

(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each such determination shall be delivered in writing to the President of the

Bank, shall state that the determination is made pursuant

to this section, and shall specify the applications or categories

of applications for credit which should be denied by the Bank

in furtherance of the national interest.’’.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSEL.

Section 3(e) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.

635a(e)) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) The General Counsel of the Bank shall ensure that the

directors, officers, and employees of the Bank have available appropriate legal counsel for advice on, and oversight of, issues relating

to personnel matters and other administrative law matters by designating an attorney to serve as Assistant General Counsel for

Administration, whose duties, under the supervision of the General

Counsel, shall be concerned solely or primarily with such issues.’’.

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act

of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph

(8) the following:

‘‘(9)(A) The Board of Directors of the Bank shall take prompt

measures, consistent with the credit standards otherwise required

by law, to promote the expansion of the Bank’s financial commitments in sub-Saharan Africa under the loan, guarantee, and insurance programs of the Bank.

‘‘(B)(i) The Board of Directors shall establish and use an

advisory committee to advise the Board of Directors on the development and implementation of policies and programs designed to

support the expansion described in subparagraph (A).

‘‘(ii) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to

the Board of Directors on how the Bank can facilitate greater

support by United States commercial banks for trade with subSaharan Africa.

‘‘(iii) The advisory committee shall terminate 4 years after

the date of enactment of this subparagraph.’’.

(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Within 6 months after the date

of enactment of this Act, and annually for each of the 4 years

thereafter, the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of
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the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the steps

that the Board has taken to implement section 2(b)(9)(B) of the

Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 and any recommendations of the

advisory committee established pursuant to such section.

SEC. 8. INCREASE IN LABOR REPRESENTATION ON THE ADVISORY

COMMITTEE OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.

Section 3(d)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12

U.S.C. 635a(d)(2)) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) Not less than 2 members appointed to the Advisory

Committee shall be representative of the labor community,

except that no 2 representatives of the labor community shall

be selected from the same labor union.’’.

SEC. 9. OUTREACH TO COMPANIES.

Section 2(b)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(I) The President of the Bank shall undertake efforts to

enhance the Bank’s capacity to provide information about the

Bank’s programs to small and rural companies which have not

previously participated in the Bank’s programs. Not later than

1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the President of the Bank shall submit to Congress a report on the activities

undertaken pursuant to this subparagraph.’’.

SEC. 10. CLARIFICATION OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EXPORTIMPORT BANK.

Section 2(b)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by striking

‘‘real income’’ and all that follows to the end period and inserting:

‘‘real income, a commitment to reinvestment and job creation, and

the increased development of the productive resources of the United

States’’.

SEC. 11. INCLUDING CHILD LABOR AS A CRITERION FOR DENYING

CREDIT BASED ON THE NATIONAL INTEREST.

Section 2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section 5, is amended in the

next to the last sentence by inserting ‘‘(including child labor)’’

after ‘‘human rights’’.

SEC. 12. PROHIBITION RELATING TO RUSSIAN TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN MISSILES TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.

635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(12) PROHIBITION RELATING TO RUSSIAN TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN MISSILE SYSTEMS.—If the President of the United States

determines that the military or Government of the Russian

Federation has transferred or delivered to the People’s Republic

of China an SS–N–22 missile system and that the transfer

or delivery represents a significant and imminent threat to

the security of the United States, the President of the United

States shall notify the Bank of the transfer or delivery as

soon as practicable. Upon receipt of the notice and if so directed

by the President of the United States, the Board of Directors

of the Bank shall not give approval to guarantee, insure, extend
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credit, or participate in the extension of credit in connection

with the purchase of any good or service by the military or

Government of the Russian Federation.’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.