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(1) based on data available for the midsession re-
view described under section 1106 of title 31, United 
States Code, estimate the projected cash balances of 
the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account 
of the Highway Trust Fund for the upcoming fiscal 
year; and 
(2) determine if those cash balances— 
(A) are projected to fall below the amount 
of $4,000,000,000 at any time during that up-
coming fiscal year in the Highway Account of 
the Highway Trust Fund; or 
(B) are projected to fall below the amount 
of $1,000,000,000 at any time during that up-
coming fiscal year in the Mass Transit Account 
of the Highway Trust Fund. 
(d) REEVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct the 
test described under subsection (c) again during a respective 
fiscal year— 
(1) if a law is enacted that provides additional 
revenues, deposits, or transfers to the Highway Trust 
Fund; or 
(2) when the President submits to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
updated outlay estimates or revenue projections re-
lated to the Highway Trust Fund.
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(e) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days after a de-
termination is made under subsection (c) or (d), the Sec-
retary shall provide notification of the determination to— 
(1) the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; and 
(5) State transportation departments and des-
ignated recipients. 
(f) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall approve obligations in every fiscal year 
for— 
(1) administrative expenses of the Federal High-
way Administration, including any administrative 
expenses funded under— 
(A) section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(B) the tribal transportation program 
under section 202(a)(6), of title 23, United 
States Code;
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(C) the Federal lands transportation pro-
gram under section 203 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(D) chapter 6 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(2) funds for the national highway performance 
program under section 119 of title 23, United States 
Code, that are exempt from the limitation on obliga-
tions; 
(3) the emergency relief program under section 
125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(4) the administrative expenses of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration in carrying 
out chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; 
(5) the highway safety programs under section 
402 of title 23, United States Code, and national pri-
ority safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(6) the high visibility enforcement program 
under section 2009 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 
note; Public Law 109–59); 
(7) the highway safety research and development 
program under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code;
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(8) the national driver register under chapter 
303 of title 49, United States Code; 
(9) the motor carrier safety assistance program 
under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
(10) the administrative expenses of the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration under section 
31110 of title 49, United States Code; and 
(11) the administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration funded under section 5338(h) 
of title 49, United States Code, to carry out section 
5329 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 80003. PROHIBITION ON RESCISSIONS OF CERTAIN 
CONTRACT AUTHORITY. 
For purposes of the enforcement of a point of order 
established under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the determination of levels under the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) or the Statutory Pay-As-You- 
Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.), and the enforcement 
of a point of order established under or the determination 
of levels under a concurrent resolution on the budget, the 
rescission of contract authority that is provided under this 
Act or an amendment made by this Act for fiscal year 2019, 
2020, or 2021 shall not be counted.
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DIVISION I—EXPORT-IMPORT 
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 90001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Export-Import 
Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
TITLE XCI—TAXPAYER PROTEC-
TION PROVISIONS AND IN-
CREASED ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 91001. REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF OUT-
STANDING LOANS, GUARANTEES, AND INSUR-
ANCE. 
Section 6(a) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 
(12 U.S.C. 635e(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
AMOUNT
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘applicable amount’, for each of 
fiscal 
years 
2015 
through 
2019, 
means 
$135,000,000,000. 
‘‘(3) FREEZING OF LENDING CAP IF DEFAULT 
RATE IS 2 PERCENT OR MORE.—If the rate calculated 
under section 8(g)(1) is 2 percent or more for a quar-
ter, the Bank may not exceed the amount of loans,
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an 
Office of Ethics within the Bank, which shall oversee 
all ethics issues within the Bank. 
‘‘(2) HEAD OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Office 
of Ethics shall be the Chief Ethics Officer, who 
shall report to the Board of Directors. 
‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization 
Act of 2015, the Chief Ethics Officer shall be— 
‘‘(i) appointed by the President of the 
Bank from among persons— 
‘‘(I) with a background in law 
who have experience in the fields of law 
and ethics; and 
‘‘(II) who are not serving in a po-
sition requiring appointment by the 
President of the United States before 
being appointed to be Chief Ethics Of-
ficer; and 
‘‘(ii) approved by the Board. 
‘‘(C) DESIGNATED
AGENCY
ETHICS
OFFI-
CIAL.—The Chief Ethics Officer shall serve as the 
designated agency ethics official for the Bank
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pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Office of Ethics has jurisdic-
tion over all employees of, and ethics matters relating 
to, the Bank. With respect to employees of the Bank, 
the Office of Ethics shall— 
‘‘(A) recommend administrative actions to 
establish or enforce standards of official conduct; 
‘‘(B) refer to the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Bank alleged violations of— 
‘‘(i) the standards of ethical conduct 
applicable to employees of the Bank under 
parts 2635 and 6201 of title 5, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; 
‘‘(ii) the standards of ethical conduct 
established by the Chief Ethics Officer; and 
‘‘(iii) any other laws, rules, or regula-
tions governing the performance of official 
duties or the discharge of official respon-
sibilities that are applicable to employees of 
the Bank; 
‘‘(C) report to appropriate Federal or State 
authorities substantial evidence of a violation of 
any law applicable to the performance of official
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duties that may have been disclosed to the Office 
of Ethics; and 
‘‘(D) render advisory opinions regarding 
the propriety of any current or proposed conduct 
of an employee or contractor of the Bank, and 
issue general guidance on such matters as nec-
essary.’’. 
SEC. 91005. CHIEF RISK OFFICER. 
Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635a), as amended by section 91004, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) CHIEF RISK OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Chief Risk 
Officer of the Bank, who shall— 
‘‘(A) oversee all issues relating to risk with-
in the Bank; and 
‘‘(B) report to the President of the Bank. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Export-Import 
Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015, the 
Chief Risk Officer shall be— 
‘‘(A) appointed by the President of the 
Bank from among persons— 
‘‘(i) with a demonstrated ability in the 
general management of, and knowledge of
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and extensive practical experience in, finan-
cial risk evaluation practices in large gov-
ernmental or business entities; and 
‘‘(ii) who are not serving in a position 
requiring appointment by the President of 
the United States before being appointed to 
be Chief Risk Officer; and 
‘‘(B) approved by the Board. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Chief Risk Offi-
cer are— 
‘‘(A) to be responsible for all matters related 
to managing and mitigating all risk to which 
the Bank is exposed, including the programs and 
operations of the Bank; 
‘‘(B) to establish policies and processes for 
risk oversight, the monitoring of management 
compliance with risk limits, and the manage-
ment of risk exposures and risk controls across 
the Bank; 
‘‘(C) to be responsible for the planning and 
execution of all Bank risk management activi-
ties, including policies, reporting, and systems to 
achieve strategic risk objectives; 
‘‘(D) to develop an integrated risk manage-
ment 
program 
that 
includes 
identifying,
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prioritizing, measuring, monitoring, and man-
aging internal control and operating risks and 
other identified risks; 
‘‘(E) to ensure that the process for risk as-
sessment and underwriting for individual trans-
actions considers how each such transaction con-
siders the effect of the transaction on the con-
centration of exposure in the overall portfolio of 
the 
Bank, 
taking 
into 
account 
fees, 
collateralization, and historic default rates; and 
‘‘(F) to review the adequacy of the use by 
the Bank of qualitative metrics to assess the risk 
of default under various scenarios.’’. 
SEC. 91006. RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a), as amended by sections 
91004 and 91005, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(m) RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
management committee to be known as the ‘Risk 
Management Committee’. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the Risk 
Management Committee shall be the members of the
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Board of Directors, with the President and First Vice 
President of the Bank serving as ex officio members. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Risk Manage-
ment Committee shall be— 
‘‘(A) to oversee, in conjunction with the Of-
fice of the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank— 
‘‘(i) periodic stress testing on the entire 
Bank portfolio, reflecting different market, 
industry, and macroeconomic scenarios, 
and consistent with common practices of 
commercial and multilateral development 
banks; and 
‘‘(ii) the monitoring of industry, geo-
graphic, and obligor exposure levels; and 
‘‘(B) to review all required reports on the 
default rate of the Bank before submission to 
Congress under section 8(g).’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States shall revise the bylaws of the Bank to termi-
nate the Audit Committee established by section 7 of the 
bylaws.
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SEC. 91007. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF BANK PORTFOLIO. 
(a) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States shall conduct an audit or 
evaluation of the portfolio risk management procedures of 
the Bank, including a review of the implementation by the 
Bank of the duties assigned to the Chief Risk Officer under 
section 3(l) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as 
amended by section 91005. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives a written report containing 
all findings and determinations made in carrying out sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 91008. PILOT PROGRAM FOR REINSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et 
seq.), the Export-Import Bank of the United States (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Bank’’) may establish a pilot pro-
gram under which the Bank may enter into contracts and 
other arrangements to share risks associated with the provi-
sion of guarantees, insurance, or credit, or the participation 
in the extension of credit, by the Bank under that Act. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF RISK-SHARING.—
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(1) PER CONTRACT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT.— 
The aggregate amount of liability the Bank may 
transfer through risk-sharing pursuant to a contract 
or other arrangement entered into under subsection 
(a) may not exceed $1,000,000,000. 
(2) PER YEAR.—The aggregate amount of liabil-
ity the Bank may transfer through risk-sharing dur-
ing a fiscal year pursuant to contracts or other ar-
rangements entered into under subsection (a) during 
that fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000,000. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after through 2019, the Bank shall submit to Congress a 
written report that contains a detailed analysis of the use 
of the pilot program carried out under subsection (a) dur-
ing the year preceding the submission of the report. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to affect, impede, or revoke any authority 
of the Bank. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program carried out 
under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2019.
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TITLE XCII—PROMOTION OF 
SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTS 
SEC. 92001. INCREASE IN SMALL BUSINESS LENDING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(b)(1)(E)(v) of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(E)(v)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 per-
cent’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 92002. REPORT ON PROGRAMS FOR SMALL AND ME-
DIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) REPORT ON PROGRAMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM- 
SIZED BUSINESSES.—The Bank shall include in its annual 
report to Congress under subsection (a) a report on the pro-
grams of the Bank for United States businesses with less 
than $250,000,000 in annual sales.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to the report of the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States submitted to Con-
gress under section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of
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1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g) for the first year that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE XCIII—MODERNIZATION 
OF OPERATIONS 
SEC. 93001. ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS AND DOCUMENTS. 
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: 
‘‘(M) Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2015, the Bank shall implement policies— 
‘‘(i) to accept electronic documents with respect 
to transactions whenever possible, including copies of 
bills of lading, certifications, and compliance docu-
ments, in such manner so as not to undermine any 
potential civil or criminal enforcement related to the 
transactions; and 
‘‘(ii) to accept electronic payments in all of its 
programs.’’. 
SEC. 93002. REAUTHORIZATION OF INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY UPDATING. 
Section 3(j) of the Export-Import Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635a(j)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2012, 2013, and 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 through 2019’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘(I) the 
funds’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) the funds’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2012, 2013, 
and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 through 2019’’. 
TITLE XCIV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 94001. 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 
‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(b) DUAL-USE EXPORTS.—Section 1(c) of Public Law 
103–428 (12 U.S.C. 635 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date on which the au-
thority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States ex-
pires under section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f)’’. 
(c) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
Section 2(b)(9)(B)(iii) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(9)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date on which the 
authority of the Bank expires under section 7’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the en-
actment of this Act or June 30, 2015. 
SEC. 
94002. 
CERTAIN 
UPDATED 
LOAN 
TERMS 
AND 
AMOUNTS. 
(a) LOAN TERMS FOR MEDIUM-TERM FINANCING.— 
Section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 
(12 U.S.C. 635(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) with principal amounts of not more 
than $25,000,000; and’’. 
(b) COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES RELATING TO IN-
SURANCE.—Section 2(d)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act 
of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(c) 
EXPORT
AMOUNTS
FOR
SMALL
BUSINESS 
LOANS.—Section 3(g)(3) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(g)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(d) CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.— 
Section 11(a)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 
(12 U.S.C. 635i–5(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000 or more’’ and inserting the following:
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‘‘$25,000,000 (or, if less than $25,000,000, the threshold es-
tablished pursuant to international agreements, including 
the Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export 
Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence, as 
adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation 
and Development Council on June 28, 2012, and the risk- 
management framework adopted by financial institutions 
for determining, assessing, and managing environmental 
and social risk in projects (commonly referred to as the 
‘Equator Principles’)) or more’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
TITLE XCV—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 95001. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON 
INDUSTRY. 
Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (6 
U.S.C. 635 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON IN-
DUSTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this 
Act, the Bank may not—
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‘‘(A) deny an application for financing 
based solely on the industry, sector, or business 
that the application concerns; or 
‘‘(B) promulgate or implement policies that 
discriminate against an application based solely 
on the industry, sector, or business that the ap-
plication concerns. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibitions under 
paragraph (1) apply only to applications for financ-
ing by the Bank for projects concerning the explo-
ration, development, production, or export of energy 
sources and the generation or transmission of elec-
trical power, or combined heat and power, regardless 
of the energy source involved.’’. 
SEC. 95002. NEGOTIATIONS TO END EXPORT CREDIT FI-
NANCING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Export-Import 
Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (12 U.S.C. 635a–5) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury (in this 
section referred to as the ‘Secretary’)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘President’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘(OECD)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(in this section referred to as the 
‘OECD’)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ultimate goal of elimi-
nating’’ and inserting ‘‘possible goal of 
eliminating, before the date that is 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Reform and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2015,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘President’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) REPORT ON STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Export-Import Bank 
Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015, the President 
shall submit to Congress a proposal, and a strategy for 
achieving the proposal, that the United States Government 
will pursue with other major exporting countries, including 
OECD members and non-OECD members, to eliminate over 
a period of not more than 10 years subsidized export-fi-
nancing programs, tied aid, export credits, and all other 
forms of government-supported export subsidies. 
‘‘(d) NEGOTIATIONS WITH NON-OECD MEMBERS.— 
The President shall initiate and pursue negotiations with 
countries that are not OECD members to bring those coun-
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tries into a multilateral agreement establishing rules and 
limitations on officially supported export credits. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF NEGOTIA-
TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2015, and annually thereafter through calendar 
year 2019, the President shall submit to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the progress of any negotiations de-
scribed in subsection (d).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to reports required to be submitted under section 
11(b) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 
2012 (12 U.S.C. 635a–5(b)) after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 95003. STUDY OF FINANCING FOR INFORMATION AND 
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY USE OF BANK PRODUCTS.—The 
Export-Import Bank of the United States (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Bank’’) shall conduct a study of the ex-
tent to which the products offered by the Bank are available
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and used by companies that export information and com-
munications technology services and related goods. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study required by 
subsection (a), the Bank shall examine the following: 
(1) The number of jobs in the United States that 
are supported by the export of information and com-
munications technology services and related goods, 
and the degree to which access to financing will in-
crease exports of such services and related goods. 
(2) The reduction in the financing by the Bank 
of exports of information and communications tech-
nology services from 2003 through 2014. 
(3) The activities of foreign export credit agen-
cies to facilitate the export of information and com-
munications technology services and related goods. 
(4) Specific proposals for how the Bank could 
provide additional financing for the exportation of 
information and communications technology services 
and related goods through risk-sharing with other ex-
port credit agencies and other third parties. 
(5) Proposals for new products the Bank could 
offer to provide financing for exports of information 
and communications technology services and related 
goods, including—
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(A) the extent to which the Bank is author-
ized to offer new products; 
(B) the extent to which the Bank would 
need additional authority to offer new products 
to meet the needs of the information and commu-
nications technology industry; 
(C) specific proposals for changes in law 
that would enable the Bank to provide increased 
financing for exports of information and commu-
nications technology services and related goods 
in compliance with the credit and risk standards 
of the Bank; 
(D) specific proposals that would enable the 
Bank to provide increased outreach to the infor-
mation and communications technology industry 
about the products the Bank offers; and 
(E) specific proposals for changes in law 
that would enable the Bank to provide the fi-
nancing to build information and communica-
tions technology infrastructure, in compliance 
with the credit and risk standards of the Bank, 
to allow for market access opportunities for 
United States information and communications 
technology companies to provide services on the 
infrastructure being financed by the Bank.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Bank shall submit to Con-
gress a report that contains the results of the study required 
by subsection (a). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to authorize 
funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety pro-
grams, and transit programs, and for other purposes.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
114TH CONGRESS 1st SESSION H e R. 2 2 AMENDMENTS