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Calendar No. 639 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3938 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 

Mr. CRAPO, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on 

the calendar 

A BILL 

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

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export-Import Bank 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. 

7 Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

8 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and in9 serting ‘‘2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

2 Section 2(b)(9)(B)(iii) of the Export-Import Bank 

3 Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(9)(B)(iii)) is amended by 

4 striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

5 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANC6 ING FOR THE EXPORT OF NONLETHAL DE7 FENSE ARTICLES OR SERVICES THE PRIMARY 

8 END USE OF WHICH WILL BE FOR CIVILIAN 

9 PURPOSES. 

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

11 note; 108 Stat. 4376) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

13 SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF SENSITIVE COMMERCIAL SEC14 TORS AND PRODUCTS. 

15 Section 2(e) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

16 (12 U.S.C. 635(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 

17 following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(5) DESIGNATION OF SENSITIVE COMMERCIAL

19 SECTORS AND PRODUCTS.—Not later than 120 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ex21 port-Import Bank of the United States shall submit 

22 a list to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

23 Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

24 Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 

25 which designates sensitive commercial sectors and 

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1 nancing support by the Bank is deemed unlikely by 

2 the President of the Bank due to the significant po3 tential for a determination that such financing sup4 port would result in an adverse economic impact on 

5 the United States. The President of the Bank shall 

6 review on an annual basis thereafter the list of sen7 sitive commercial sectors and products and the Bank 

8 shall submit an updated list to the Committee on 

9 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

10 and the Committee on Financial Services of the 

11 House of Representatives of such sectors and prod12 ucts.’’. 

13 SEC. 6. INCREASING EXPORTS BY SMALL BUSINESS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Export-Import 

15 Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a) is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(f) SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

19 Small Business Division (in this subsection referred 

20 to as the ‘Division’) within the Bank in order to— 

21 ‘‘(A) carry out the provisions of subpara22 graphs (E) and (I) of section 2(b)(1) relating to 

23 outreach, feedback, product improvement, and 

24 transaction advocacy for small business con25 cerns; 


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1 ‘‘(B) advise and seek feedback from small 

2 business concerns on the opportunities and ben3 efits for small business concerns in the financ4 ing products offered by the Bank, with par5 ticular emphasis on conducting outreach, en6 hancing the tailoring of products to small busi7 ness needs and increasing loans to small busi8 ness concerns; 

9 ‘‘(C) maintain liaison with the Small Busi10 ness Administration and other departments and 

11 agencies in matters affecting small business 

12 concerns; and 

13 ‘‘(D) provide oversight of the development, 

14 implementation, and operation of technology 

15 improvements to strengthen small business out16 reach, including the technology improvement re17 quired by section 2(b)(1)(E)(x). 

18 ‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT.—The President of the 

19 Bank shall appoint an officer, who shall rank not 

20 lower than senior vice president and whose sole exec21 utive function shall be to manage the Division. The 

22 officer shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) have substantial recent experience in 

24 financing exports by small business concerns; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) advise the Board, particularly the di2 rector appointed under section 3(c)(8)(B) to 

3 represent the interests of small business, on 

4 matters of interest to, and concern for, small 

5 business. 

6 ‘‘(3) STAFF.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DEDICATED PERSONNEL.—The 

8 President of the Bank shall ensure that each 

9 operating division within the Bank has staff 

10 that specializes in processing transactions that 

11 primarily benefit small business concerns. 

12 ‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The small busi13 ness specialists shall be involved in all aspects 

14 of processing applications for loans, guarantees, 

15 and insurance to support exports by small busi16 ness concerns, including the approval or dis17 approval, or staff recommendations of approval 

18 or disapproval, as applicable, of such applica19 tions. In carrying out these responsibilities, the 

20 small business specialists shall consider the 

21 unique business requirements of small busi22 nesses and shall develop exporter performance 

23 criteria tailored to small business exporters. 

24 ‘‘(C) APPROVAL AUTHORITY.—In an effort 

25 to maximize the speed and efficiency with which 


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1 the Bank processes transactions primarily bene2 fitting small business concerns, the small busi3 ness specialists shall be authorized to approve 

4 applications for working capital loans and guar5 antees, and insurance in accordance with poli6 cies and procedures established by the Board. 

7 ‘‘(D) IDENTIFICATION.—The Bank shall 

8 prominently identify the small business special9 ists on its website and in promotional material. 

10 ‘‘(E) EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS.—The eval11 uation of staff designated by the President of 

12 the Bank under subparagraph (A), including 

13 annual reviews of performance of duties related 

14 to transactions in support of exports by small 

15 business concerns, and any resulting rec16 ommendations for salary adjustments, pro17 motions, and other personnel actions, shall ad18 dress the criteria established pursuant to sub19 section (g)(2)(B)(iii) and shall be conducted by 

20 the manager of the relevant operating division 

21 following consultation with the senior vice presi22 dent of the Division. 

23 ‘‘(F) STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Staff 

24 recommendations of denial or withdrawal for 

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1 buyer policies, single buyer policies, and work2 ing capital applications processed by the Bank 

3 shall be transmitted to the Senior Vice Presi4 dent of the Division not later than 2 business 

5 days before a final decision. 

6 ‘‘(4) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in 

7 this Act shall be construed to prevent the delegation 

8 to the Division of any authority necessary to carry 

9 out subparagraphs (E) and (I) of section 2(b)(1). 

10 ‘‘(g) SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

12 management committee to be known as the ‘Small 

13 Business Committee’. 

14 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Small 

16 Business Committee shall be to coordinate the 

17 Bank’s initiatives and policies with respect to 

18 small business concerns, including the timely 

19 processing and underwriting of transactions in20 volving direct exports by small business con21 cerns, and the development and coordination of 

22 efforts to implement new or enhanced Bank 

23 products and services pertaining to small busi24 ness concerns. 


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1 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The duties of the Small 

2 Business Committee shall be determined by the 

3 President of the Bank and shall include the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(i) Assisting in the development of 

6 the Bank’s small business strategic plans, 

7 including the Bank’s plans for carrying out 

8 section 2(b)(1)(E) (v) and (x), and meas9 uring and reporting in writing to the 

10 President of the Bank, at least once a 

11 year, on the Bank’s progress in achieving 

12 the goals set forth in the plans. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Evaluating and reporting in writ14 ing to the President of the Bank, at least 

15 once a year, with respect to— 

16 ‘‘(I) the performance of each op17 erating division of the Bank in serving 

18 small business concerns; 

19 ‘‘(II) the impact of processing 

20 and underwriting standards on trans21 actions involving direct exports by 

22 small business concerns; and 

23 ‘‘(III) the adequacy of the staff24 ing and resources of the Small Busi25 ness Division. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Establishing criteria for evalu2 ating the performance of staff designated 

3 by the President of the Bank under section 

4 3(f)(3)(A). 

5 ‘‘(iv) Coordinating with other United 

6 States Government departments and agen7 cies the provision of services to small busi8 ness concerns. 

9 ‘‘(3) COMPOSITION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of 

11 the Small Business Committee shall be the sen12 ior vice president of the Small Business Divi13 sion. The Chairperson shall have the authority 

14 to call meetings of the Small Business Com15 mittee, set the agenda for Committee meetings, 

16 and request policy recommendations from the 

17 Committee’s members. 

18 ‘‘(B) OTHER MEMBERS.—Except as other19 wise provided in this subsection, the President 

20 of the Bank shall determine the composition of 

21 the Small Business Committee, and shall ap22 point or remove the members of the Small 

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1 that the Small Business Committee is com2 prised of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the senior managing officers re4 sponsible for underwriting and processing 

5 transactions; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) other officers and employees of 

7 the Bank with responsibility for outreach 

8 to small business concerns and under9 writing and processing transactions that 

10 involve small business concerns. 

11 ‘‘(4) REPORTING.—The Chairperson shall pro12 vide to the President of the Bank minutes of each 

13 meeting of the Small Business Committee, including 

14 any recommendations by the Committee or its indi15 vidual members.’’. 

16 (b) ENHANCE DELEGATED LOAN AUTHORITY FOR

17 MEDIUM TERM TRANSACTIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Export-Import Bank of 

19 the United States shall seek to expand the exercise 

20 of authority under section 2(b)(1)(E)(vii) of the Ex21 port-Import Bank Act of 1945 (6 U.S.C. 

22 635(b)(1)(E)(vii)) with respect to medium term 

23 transactions for small business concerns. 

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

25 2(b)(1)(E)(vii)(III) of the Export-Import Bank Act 


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1 of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(E)(vii)(III)) is amend2 ed by inserting ‘‘or other financing institutions or 

3 entities’’ after ‘‘consortia’’. 

4 (3) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Export6 Import Bank of the United States shall make avail7 able lines of credit and guarantees to carry out sec8 tion 2(b)(1)(E)(vii) of the Export-Import Bank Act 

9 of 1945 pursuant to policies and procedures estab10 lished by the Board of Directors of the Export-Im11 port Bank of the United States. 

12 SEC. 7. ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION. 

13 Section 2(e) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

14 (12 U.S.C. 635(e)) is amended— 

15 (1) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol16 lowing flush paragraph: 

17 ‘‘In making the determination under subparagraph 

18 (B), the Bank shall determine whether the facility 

19 that would benefit from the extension of a credit or 

20 guarantee is reasonably likely to produce commod21 ities in addition to or other than the commodity 

22 specified in the application and whether the produc23 tion of the additional commodities may cause sub24 stantial injury to United States producers of the 

25 same, or a similar or competing, commodity.’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(E) ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION.—The Bank 

4 shall not provide a loan or guarantee if the 

5 Bank determines that providing the loan or 

6 guarantee will facilitate circumvention of a 

7 trade law order or determination referred to in 

8 subparagraph (A).’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) FINANCIAL THRESHOLD DETERMINA11 TIONS.—For purposes of determining whether a pro12 posed transaction exceeds a financial threshold 

13 under this subsection or under the procedures or 

14 rules of the Bank, the Bank shall aggregate the dol15 lar amount of the proposed transaction and the dol16 lar amounts of all loans and guarantees, approved 

17 by the Bank in the preceding 24-month period, that 

18 involved the same foreign entity and substantially 

19 the same product to be produced.’’. 

20 SEC. 8. TRANSPARENCY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(e) of the Export-Import 

22 Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(e)), as amended by sec23 tion 7 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(6) PROCEDURES TO REDUCE ADVERSE EF2 FECTS OF LOANS AND GUARANTEES ON INDUSTRIES

3 AND EMPLOYMENT IN UNITED STATES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC EF5 FECTS OF PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS.—If, in 

6 making a determination under this paragraph 

7 with respect to a loan or guarantee, the Bank 

8 conducts a detailed economic impact analysis or 

9 similar study, the analysis or study, as the case 

10 may be, shall include consideration of— 

11 ‘‘(i) the factors set forth in subpara12 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the views of the public and inter14 ested parties. 

15 ‘‘(B) NOTICE AND COMMENT REQUIRE16 MENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, in making a 

18 determination under this subsection with 

19 respect to a loan or guarantee, the Bank 

20 intends to conduct a detailed economic im21 pact analysis or similar study, the Bank 

22 shall publish in the Federal Register a no23 tice of the intent, and provide a period of 

24 not less than 14 days (which, on request 

25 by any affected party, shall be extended to 


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1 a period of not more than 30 days) for the 

2 submission to the Bank of comments on 

3 the economic effects of the provision of the 

4 loan or guarantee, including comments on 

5 the factors set forth in subparagraphs (A) 

6 and (B) of paragraph (1). In addition, the 

7 Bank shall seek comments on the effects 

8 from the Department of Commerce, the 

9 International Trade Commission, the Of10 fice of Management and Budget, the Com11 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

12 Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee 

13 on Financial Services of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

15 ‘‘(ii) CONTENT OF NOTICE.—The no16 tice shall include appropriate, nonpropri17 etary information about— 

18 ‘‘(I) the country to which the 

19 goods involved in the transaction will 

20 be shipped; 

21 ‘‘(II) the type of goods being ex22 ported; 

23 ‘‘(III) the amount of the loan or 

24 guarantee involved; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) the goods that would be 

2 produced as a result of the provision 

3 of the loan or guarantee; 

4 ‘‘(V) the amount of increased 

5 production that will result from the 

6 transaction; 

7 ‘‘(VI) the potential sales market 

8 for the resulting goods; and 

9 ‘‘(VII) the value of the trans10 action. 

11 ‘‘(iii) PROCEDURE REGARDING MATE12 RIALLY CHANGED APPLICATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a material 

14 change is made to an application for 

15 a loan or guarantee from the Bank 

16 after a notice with respect to the in17 tent described in clause (i) is pub18 lished under this subparagraph, the 

19 Bank shall publish in the Federal 

20 Register a revised notice of the intent, 

21 and shall provide for a comment pe22 riod, as provided in clauses (i) and 

23 (ii). 

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1 ‘material change’, with respect to an 

2 application, includes— 

3 ‘‘(aa) a change of at least 

4 25 percent in the amount of a 

5 loan or guarantee requested in 

6 the application; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) a change in the prin8 cipal product to be produced as a 

9 result of any transaction that 

10 would be facilitated by the provi11 sion of the loan or guarantee. 

12 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT TO ADDRESS VIEWS

13 OF ADVERSELY AFFECTED PERSONS.—Before 

14 taking final action on an application for a loan 

15 or guarantee to which this section applies, the 

16 staff of the Bank shall provide in writing to the 

17 Board of Directors the views of any person who 

18 submitted comments pursuant to subparagraph 

19 (B). 

20 ‘‘(D) PUBLICATION OF CONCLUSIONS.— 

21 Within 30 days after a party affected by a final 

22 decision of the Board of Directors with respect 

23 to a loan or guarantee makes a written request 

24 therefor, the Bank shall provide to the affected 

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1 found and conclusions reached in any detailed 

2 economic impact analysis or similar study con3 ducted pursuant to subparagraph (B) with re4 spect to the loan or guarantee, that were sub5 mitted to the Board of Directors. 

6 ‘‘(E) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—This 

7 paragraph shall not be construed to make sub8 chapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States 

9 Code, applicable to the Bank. 

10 ‘‘(F) REGULATIONS.—The Bank shall im11 plement such regulations and procedures as 

12 may be appropriate to carry out this para13 graph.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e)(2)(C) 

15 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 635(e)(2)(C)) is amended by in16 serting ‘‘of not less than 14 days (which, on request of 

17 any affected party, shall be extended to a period of not 

18 more than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘comment period’’. 

19 SEC. 9. AGGREGATE LOAN, GUARANTEE, AND INSURANCE 

20 AUTHORITY. 

21 Subparagraph (E) of section 6(a)(2) of the Export22 Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e(a)(2)) is 

23 amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(E) during fiscal year 2006, and each fis25 cal year thereafter through fiscal 2011.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. TIED AID CREDIT PROGRAM. 

2 Section 10(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Export-Import Bank 

3 Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i-3(b)(5)(B)(ii)) is amended 

4 to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(ii) PROCESS.—In handling indi6 vidual applications involving the use or po7 tential use of the Tied Aid Credit Fund 

8 the following process shall exclusively apply 

9 pursuant to subparagraph (A): 

10 ‘‘(I) The Bank shall process an 

11 application for tied aid in accordance 

12 with the principles and standards de13 veloped pursuant to subparagraph (A) 

14 and clause (i) of this subparagraph. 

15 ‘‘(II) Twenty days prior to the 

16 scheduled meeting of the Board of Di17 rectors at which an application will be 

18 considered (unless the Bank deter19 mines that an earlier discussion is ap20 propriate based on the facts of a par21 ticular financing), the Bank shall 

22 brief the Secretary on the application 

23 and deliver to the Secretary such doc24 uments, information, or data as may 

25 reasonably be necessary to permit the 

26 Secretary to review the application to 


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1 determine if the application complies 

2 with the principles and standards de3 veloped pursuant to subparagraph (A) 

4 and clause (i) of subparagraph (B). 

5 ‘‘(III) The Secretary may request 

6 a single postponement of the Board of 

7 Directors’ consideration of the appli8 cation for up to 14 days to allow the 

9 Secretary to submit to the Board of 

10 Directors a memorandum objecting to 

11 the application. 

12 ‘‘(IV) Case-by case decisions on 

13 whether to approve the use of the 

14 Tied Aid Credit Fund shall be made 

15 by the Board of Directors, except that 

16 the approval of the Board of Directors 

17 (or a commitment letter based on that 

18 approval) shall not become final (ex19 cept as provided in subclause (V)), if 

20 the Secretary indicates to the Presi21 dent of the Bank in writing the Sec22 retary’s intention to appeal the deci23 sion of the Board of Directors to the 

24 President of the United States and 

25 makes the appeal in writing not later 


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1 than 20 days after the meeting at 

2 which the Board of Directors consid3 ered the application. 

4 ‘‘(V) The Bank shall not grant 

5 final approval of an application for 

6 any tied aid credit (or a commitment 

7 letter based on that approval) if the 

8 President of the United States, after 

9 consulting with the President of the 

10 Bank and the Secretary, determines 

11 within 30 days of an appeal by the 

12 Secretary under subclause (IV) that 

13 the extension of the tied aid credit 

14 would materially impede achieving the 

15 purposes described in subsection 

16 (a)(6). If no such Presidential deter17 mination is made during the 30-day 

18 period, the approval by the Bank of 

19 the application (or related commit20 ment letter) that was the subject of 

21 such appeal shall become final.’’. 


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1 SEC. 11. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP OR 

2 PROMOTE CERTAIN RAILWAY CONNECTIONS 

3 AND RAILWAY-RELATED CONNECTIONS. 

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

5 U.S.C. 635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(13) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP OR

8 PROMOTE CERTAIN RAILWAY CONNECTIONS AND RAIL9 WAY-RELATED CONNECTIONS.—The Bank shall not guar10 antee, insure, or extend (or participate in the extension 

11 of) credit in connection with the export of any good or 

12 service relating to the development or promotion of any 

13 railway connection or railway-related connection that does 

14 not traverse or connect with Armenia and does traverse 

15 or connect Baku, Azerbaijan, Tbilisi, Georgia, and Kars, 

16 Turkey.’’. 


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Calendar No. 639 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3938 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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