Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2709
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-07-30
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Africa

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Computers and information technology

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States through FY2019.</p> <p>Extends, for FY2015-FY2019, the Bank's authority to use a specified amount of its surplus for information technology system updates.</p> <p>Extends, through FY2019, the termination date of the sub-Saharan Africa advisory committee.</p> <p>Prescribes limitations on outstanding Bank loans, guarantees, and insurance for FY2015-FY2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.</p> <p>Extends, through FY2019, Bank authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles and defense services whose primary end use is for civilian purposes.</p> <p>Directs the Bank to submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) a business plan that includes an estimate of the Bank's appropriate exposure limits for FY2015-FY2019.</p> <p>Directs GAO to study the Bank's medium-term financing programs.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 502 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2709 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2014 Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Kirk , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Donnelly , Mr. Warner , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time July 31, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To extend and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Extension of authority. Sec. 3. Information technology systems. Sec. 4. Sub-Saharan Africa advisory committee. Sec. 5. Limitations on loans, guarantees, and insurance. Sec. 6. Dual-use exports. Sec. 7. Exposure limit business plan. Sec. 8. Government Accountability Office study on medium-term financing programs. 2. Extension of authority Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 ( 12 U.S.C. 635f ) is amended by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 . 3. Information technology systems Section 3(j) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C 635a(j)) is amended by striking 2012, 2013, and 2014 each place it appears and inserting 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 . 4. 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 2014 and inserting 2019 . 5. Limitations on loans, guarantees, and insurance Section 6(a)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 ( 12 U.S.C. 635e(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (A); (3) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year and inserting fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 ; and (B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (B) during fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, $145,000,000,000, except that— (i) the applicable amount for fiscal year 2016 shall be $150,000,000,000 if— (I) the Bank submitted the report required by section 7(a) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 ; (II) the Secretary of the Treasury submitted the report required to be submitted during the preceding fiscal year under section 11(b) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 ( 12 U.S.C. 635a–5(b) ); and (III) the rate calculated under section 8(g)(1) of this Act is less than 2 percent for the quarter ending with the beginning of the fiscal year, or for any quarter in the fiscal year; and (ii) the applicable amount for fiscal year 2017 shall be $155,000,000,000, and the applicable amount for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be $160,000,000,000, if— (I) the Secretary of the Treasury submitted the report required to be submitted during the preceding fiscal year under section 11(b) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 ( 12 U.S.C. 635a–5(b) ); and (II) the rate calculated under section 8(g)(1) of this Act is less than 2 percent for the quarter ending with the beginning of the fiscal year, or for any quarter in the fiscal year. . 6. Dual-use exports Section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428 ( 12 U.S.C. 635 note) is amended by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 . 7. Exposure limit business plan (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall submit to Congress and the Comptroller General of the United States a report that contains the following: (1) A business plan that includes— (A) an estimate by the Bank of the appropriate exposure limits of the Bank for fiscal years 2015 through 2019; (B) a justification for the estimate; and (C) an estimate of any anticipated growth of the Bank during fiscal years 2015 through 2019, disaggregated by— (i) industry sector; (ii) whether the products involved are short-term loans, medium-term loans, long-term loans, insurance, medium-term guarantees, or long-term guarantees; and (iii) key market. (2) An analysis of the potential for increased or decreased risk of loss to the Bank as a result of the estimated exposure limit, including an analysis of increased or decreased risks associated with changes in the composition of Bank exposure, disaggregated by industry sector, product offered, and key market. (3) An analysis of the ability of the Bank to meet its mandates with respect to small business and sub-Saharan Africa and comply with its carbon policy mandate under the proposed exposure limit, and an analysis of any increased or decreased risk of loss associated with meeting or complying with the mandates under the proposed exposure limit. (4) An analysis of the adequacy of the resources of the Bank to effectively process, approve, and monitor authorizations, including the conducting of required economic impact analyses, under the proposed exposure limit. (b) Review of report and business plan by Government Accountability Office Not later than 180 days after receiving the report and business plan submitted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report analyzing the report and business plan. The report of the Comptroller General shall include such recommendations with respect to the report and business plan as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 8. Government Accountability Office study on medium-term financing programs (a) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the medium-term financing programs of the Export-Import Bank of the United States— (1) to identify practices that may pose risks to the taxpayer, the soundness of such programs, or compliance with Bank policies; (2) to identify practices that may limit the use of such programs by businesses qualified for such programs; and (3) to assess any steps the Bank has taken to address practices identified under paragraph (1) or (2). (b) Consideration of past findings In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall consider past findings by the Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States on the matters covered by the study. (c) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 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 report on the results of the study required by subsection (a). The report shall include such recommendations for additional action as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

July 31, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar