[House Report 116-289]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


116th Congress    }                                     {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                     {     116-289

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4863) TO PROMOTE THE 
  COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES, TO REFORM AND REAUTHORIZE THE 
 UNITED STATES EXPORT FINANCE AGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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 November 13, 2019.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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             Mr. DeSaulnier, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 695]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 695, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4863, the 
United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019, under a 
structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general 
debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services. The resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 116-36 shall be considered as adopted 
and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order only those 
amendments printed in this report. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be 
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives 
all points of order against the amendments printed in this 
report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. The resolution amends House Resolution 6 
to extend the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress 
until the conclusion of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. The 
resolution provides that House Resolution 661 is hereby 
adopted. The resolution provides that House Resolution 693 is 
hereby adopted. The resolution provides that a motion to 
discharge House Concurrent Resolution 70 shall be in order on 
November 21, 2019, if offered by Representative Gabbard, with 
20 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by 
Representative Gabbard and an opponent. The resolution provides 
that the provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply during the remainder of the 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent Resolution 
70.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 4863 includes a waiver of clause 3(d) of rule XIII, which 
requires the inclusion of a committee cost estimate in a 
committee report. A CBO cost estimate on H.R. 4863 was not 
available at the time the Committee on Financial Services filed 
its report.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 4863, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 
nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 204

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule. Defeated: 3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................  ............  Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 205

    Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to add a section 
that provides that it shall be in order at any time through 
November 21, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that 
the House suspend the rules relating to the bill (H.R. 553) to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement 
for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit 
Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of 
veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other 
purposes. Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 206

    Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to provide for 
consideration of H.R. 3407, the United States Export Finance 
Agency Act of 2019, authored by Chairwoman Waters, under an 
open rule. Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 207

    Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to make in order 
amendment #1, offered by Rep. Gonzalez (OH), which requires 
certain beneficiaries of Agency assistance to certify that they 
do not punish U.S. employees for expressing personal views on 
the Chinese government's crackdown in Hong Kong, its political 
repression of religious and ethnic minorities in western China, 
or its violation of international recognized human rights. 
Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 208

    Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to make in order the 
following amendments: amendment #7, offered by Rep. Barr (KY), 
which restricts Export-Import Bank assistance to the Chinese 
government unless Congress finds that China is upholding its 
commitments with respect to Hong Kong under the Sino-British 
Joint Declaration, the international treaty that ensures Hong 
Kong's freedoms; amendment #16, offered by Rep. Posey (FL), 
which prohibits EXIM assistance involving the Chinese 
government unless POTUS certifies China does not make 
employment in the Tibet Autonomous Region conditional on 
denouncement of the Dalai Lama; and China has ceased human 
rights violations and abuses through repression, mass arbitrary 
detention, and high-technology surveillance against religious 
groups; and amendment #21, offered by Rep. Hill (AR), which 
prohibits the Bank from lending to a Chinese company unless the 
President reports that the company is not knowingly 
authorizing, engaging in, or facilitating the theft of U.S. 
intellectual property or the illicit transfer of technology 
from a U.S person. Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 209

    Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to strike section 3 
and provide for separate consideration of H. Res. 661, 
authorizing the Office of General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives to retain private counsel, either for pay or 
pro bono, in support of the ongoing inquiry into whether 
sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to 
exercise its Constitutional power to impeach President Donald 
John Trump, under a closed rule. Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 210

    Motion by Mr. DeSaulnier to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................          Yea   Mr. Cole..........................          Nay
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Yea   Mr. Woodall.......................          Nay
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Yea   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Yea   Mrs. Lesko........................          Nay
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Yea
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Yea
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Yea
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          SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4863 MADE IN ORDER

    1. Torres, Norma (CA), Cole (OK): Requires the Agency to 
emphasize outreach to tribal export businesses and to include 
in their annual report a summary of those outreach efforts and 
the provision of Agency support to tribal export businesses. 
(10 minutes)
    2. Torres, Norma (CA): Ensures that the Bank will not 
provide credit to any individual who is subject to sanctions 
related to serious violations of human rights or free speech, 
including in China and Burma. (10 minutes)
    3. Burgess (TX): Strikes Section 13 and creates the office 
of energy efficiency and clean energy exports which advises the 
EXIM board on ways to improve the export of goods and services 
that increase energy efficiency and clean energy abroad, 
requires the EXIM bank to consider energy affordability as well 
as environmental impacts before approving transactions, and 
requires the EXIM bank to include in its annual report the 
impacts of any transaction backed by the Bank on the cost of 
energy in the importing country and the estimated emissions 
reductions caused by exports financed by the Bank. (10 minutes)
    4. McAdams (UT), Rose, Max (NY): Expands the prohibition of 
the Board of Directors from approving a transaction unless the 
person receiving the Agency's support certifies that the person 
does not engage in any activity in contravention of any U.S. 
law, regulation, or order concerning ``sanctions relating to 
the illegal trafficking of synthetic opioids, including any 
sanctions imposed pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act.'' (10 minutes)
    5. Davidson (OH): Prohibits Agency assistance for the 
governments of certain countries (including China and Mexico) 
unless the President certifies that the government is 
cooperating with the U.S. to prevent illegal trafficking of 
synthetic opioids. (10 minutes)
    6. Tlaib (MI): Requires the Agency to submit an annual 
report to Congress about the Agency's activities in 
economically disadvantaged regions and efforts to support 
businesses in those regions. The amendment also defines 
economically disadvantaged regions. (10 minutes)
    7. Case (HI), Young (AK): Clarifies that, for the purpose 
of the Agency's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, 
``minority'' is understood to include Native Hawaiians and 
Alaska Natives. (10 minutes)
    8. Speier (CA): Clarifies that the Bank's activities to 
support exports in energy efficiency technologies shall include 
activities to support exports in electric battery vehicles, 
batteries for electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging 
infrastructure. (10 minutes)
    9. Ruiz (CA): Allows the US Export Finance Agency to use 
surplus funds to expand or establish additional regional 
finance centers. (10 minutes)
    10. Meng (NY): Includes Asian American- and Native American 
Pacific Islander-serving Institutions in recruitment efforts to 
diversify the United States Export Finance Agency workforce. 
(10 minutes)
    11. Meng (NY): Includes paid internships in recruitment 
efforts. (10 minutes)
    12. Meng (NY): Includes community colleges in recruitment 
efforts to diversify the United States Export Finance Agency. 
(10 minutes)
    13. Meng (NY): Amends 12 USC 635a(d) to add 2 additional 
advisory committee members--one who represent higher education 
of 4-year institutions and one who represent community 
colleges. (10 minutes)
    14. Brown (MD): Requires Agency employees to make available 
appropriate inclusion and diversity training and retraining to 
ensure employees understand the specific challenges facing 
minority- and women-owned businesses. (10 minutes)
    15. Lamb (PA): Requires the Agency to detail the effects of 
exports and projects financed by the Agency on American jobs in 
the energy, and related technologies, industries. (10 minutes)
    16. Rouda (CA): Requires the Director of the Office of 
Minority and Women Inclusion to develop standards to ensure 
diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and 
gender identity. (10 minutes)
    17. Rouda (CA): Adds businesses owned by LGBTQ individuals 
to the Agency's small business outreach plan. (10 minutes)
    18. Stevens (MI): Requires the United States Export Finance 
Agency to emphasize outreach to small businesses in sectors 
that have been impacted by retaliatory tariffs. (10 minutes)
    19. Horn (OK): Requires the GAO to submit to Congress 
within one year of the bill's enactment a report on the effect 
that closure of the U.S. Export Finance Agency would have on 
businesses that utilize the Agency's services. (10 minutes)
    20. Levin, Andy (MI): Clarifies that the Agency's duty to 
consult with potentially impacted communities includes affected 
workers and that any Agency accountability mechanism should 
include consideration of effects on workers, and requires the 
Agency's annual report to include the steps taken to consult 
with impacted communities (including affected workers). (10 
minutes)
    21. Torres Small, Xochitl (NM): Prohibits the Bank from 
providing financing to a person involved in sanctionable 
activity relating to human rights abuses, specifically human 
trafficking including sex trafficking. (10 minutes)

             TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4863 MADE IN ORDER

  1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 16, line 3, strike ``and''.
  Page 16, after line 3, insert the following:
                  (C) an emphasis on outreach to businesses 
                that export goods and services that are 
                produced by Indian tribes and that are made, 
                assembled, or otherwise derived on or from an 
                Indian tribe's Indian land (as defined in 
                section 2601(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
                1992 (25 U.S.C. 2501(2));
  Page 16, line 4, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.
  Page 17, after line 7, insert the following:
  (e) Report on Activities Supporting Indian Tribes.--Section 8 
of such Act (12 U.S.C. 635g), as amended by the preceding 
provisions of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
  ``(n) Report on Activities Supporting Indian Tribes.--The 
Agency shall include in its annual report to Congress under 
subsection (a) a report on the steps taken by the Agency in the 
period covered by the report to increase--
          ``(1) awareness of the Agency and its services 
        available to Indian tribes; and
          ``(2) the provision of Agency support to tribal 
        export businesses.''.
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  2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, line 9, strike ``or''.
  Page 21, after line 9, insert the following:
                  ``(C) sanctions relating to serious 
                violations of human rights or free speech, 
                including any sanctions--
                          ``(i) imposed under the Global 
                        Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 
                        Act;
                          ``(ii) related to the efforts to the 
                        Chinese government to limit or punish 
                        demonstrations in Hong Kong;
                          ``(iii) related to the political 
                        repression or detention of religious 
                        and ethnic minorities in China or 
                        Burma; or
                          ``(iv) related to the gross violation 
                        of internationally recognized human 
                        rights (as defined in section 502B of 
                        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) in 
                        China; or''.
  Page 21, line 10, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.
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  3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 30, 
line 9, and insert the following:

SEC. 13. PROMOTING AFFORDABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND CLEAN 
                    ENERGY EXPORTS.

  (a) Office of Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Exports.--
Section 2(b)(1)(C) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
  ``(C) Office of Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Exports.--
The President of the Agency shall establish an office whose 
functions shall be to--
          ``(i) advise the Board of Directions on ways of 
        promoting the export of goods and services to be used 
        in the development, production, and distribution of 
        energy efficiency and clean energy resources;
          ``(ii) disseminate information concerning export 
        opportunities and the availability of Agency support 
        for such activities; and
          ``(iii) act as a liaison between the Agency and the 
        Department of Commerce and other appropriate 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government.''.
  (b) Affordable Energy.--Section 11(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
635i-5(a)) is amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) 
        and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
          ``(2) Affordability of energy consideration.--The 
        Agency shall establish procedures to consider, 
        concurrently with compliance with the procedures 
        established under paragraph (1), potential increases to 
        energy prices resulting from the export of any good or 
        service supported by the Agency.''; and
          (2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)--
                  (A) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and 
                inserting ``this subsection'';
                  (B) by inserting ``or energy affordability'' 
                after ``environmental'' the 1st place it 
                appears; and
                  (C) by inserting ``and energy affordability'' 
                after ``environmental'' the 2nd place it 
                appears.
  (c) Annual Report to Congress.--Section 11(c) of such Act (12 
U.S.C. 635i-5(c)) is amended to read as follows:
  ``(c) Inclusion in Annual Report to Congress.--The Agency 
shall include in its annual report to Congress under section 8 
a report on the following:
          ``(1) Whether the provision by the Agency of 
        financing for the goods and services described in 
        section 2(b)(1)(C)(i) have increased energy 
        affordability in the countries to which the goods and 
        services have been exported.
          ``(2) An estimate of any reductions in emissions 
        (including emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen 
        dioxide, greenhouse gases, particulates, and lead) 
        resulting from the provision by the Agency of financing 
        for the goods and services referred to in paragraph (1) 
        of this subsection.''.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McAdams of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, line 9, strike ``or''.
  Page 21, after line 9, insert the following:
                  ``(C) sanctions relating to the illegal 
                trafficking of synthetic opioids, including any 
                sanctions imposed pursuant to the Foreign 
                Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act; or''.
  Page 21, line 10, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.
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  5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 33, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT THAT FAILS TO 
                    COOPERATE ON PREVENTING ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF 
                    SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.

  Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
  ``(n) Prohibition on Assistance to Government That Fails to 
Cooperate on Preventing Illegal Trafficking of Synthetic 
Opioids.--
          ``(1) In general.--The Agency may not authorize the 
        provision of financial assistance for a lender, 
        obligor, or end user that--
                  ``(A) is a covered government; and
                  ``(B) in the determination of the President 
                of the United States, does not closely 
                cooperate with the United States to prevent 
                opioid trafficking.
          ``(2) Waiver authorities.--
                  ``(A) President of the agency.--The President 
                of the Agency may waive paragraph (1) on 
                reporting to the Committee on Financial 
                Services of the House of Representatives and 
                the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs of the Senate that the financial 
                assistance--
                          ``(i) would enable exports directly 
                        by United States small business 
                        concerns; or
                          ``(ii) is required for the export of 
                        humanitarian goods or services.
                  ``(B) President of the united states.--The 
                President of the United States may waive 
                paragraph (1) for not more than 1 year at a 
                time on reporting to the committees specified 
                in subparagraph (A) that the waiver is 
                essential to the national interest of the 
                United States, with a detailed explanation of 
                the reasons therefor.
          ``(3) Close cooperation.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, a government shall be considered to be 
        closely cooperating with the United States to prevent 
        opioid trafficking if the government is doing 2 or more 
        of the following:
                  ``(A) Implementing substantial improvements 
                in regulations involving the chemical and 
                pharmaceutical production and export of illicit 
                opioids.
                  ``(B) Implementing substantial improvements 
                in judicial regulations to combat transnational 
                criminal organizations that traffic opioids.
                  ``(C) Increasing efforts to prosecute foreign 
                opioid traffickers.
                  ``(D) Increasing intelligence sharing and law 
                enforcement cooperation with the United States 
                with respect to opioid trafficking.
          ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                  ``(A) Covered government.--The term `covered 
                government' means--
                          ``(i) the state and the government of 
                        China, the state and the government of 
                        Mexico, and the state and the 
                        government of any other country that, 
                        in the determination of the President 
                        of the United States, is a significant 
                        contributor to opioid trafficking, as 
                        well as any political subdivision, 
                        agency, or instrumentality of any of 
                        the foregoing;
                          ``(ii) any entity owned or 
                        controlled, directly or indirectly, by 
                        any of the foregoing, including any 
                        corporation, partnership, association, 
                        or other entity in which any of the 
                        foregoing owns a 50 percent or greater 
                        interest or a controlling interest, and 
                        any entity which is otherwise 
                        controlled by any of the foregoing;
                          ``(iii) any person that is or has 
                        been acting or purporting to act, 
                        directly or indirectly, for or on 
                        behalf of any of the foregoing; and
                          ``(iv) any other person which the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury determines is 
                        included in any of the foregoing.
                  ``(B) Opioid trafficking.--The term `opioid 
                trafficking' means any illicit activity--
                          ``(i) to produce, manufacture, 
                        distribute, sell, or knowingly finance 
                        or transport--
                                  ``(I) synthetic opioids, 
                                including controlled substances 
                                that are synthetic opioids and 
                                listed chemicals that are 
                                synthetic opioids; or
                                  ``(II) active pharmaceutical 
                                ingredients or chemicals that 
                                are used in the production of 
                                controlled substances that are 
                                synthetic opioids;
                          ``(ii) to attempt to carry out an 
                        activity described in paragraph (1); or
                          ``(iii) to assist, abet, conspire, or 
                        collude with other persons to carry out 
                        such an activity.
          ``(5) Report required.--If the Agency authorizes 
        financial assistance for a lender, obligor, or end user 
        that is a covered government and the authorization is 
        not made pursuant to waiver authorities provide in 
        paragraph (2), the President of the United States shall 
        certify to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 
        Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the 
        covered government is closely cooperating with the 
        United States, within the meaning of paragraph (3), 
        with a description of the cooperation.''.
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 6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 16, after line 8, insert the following:
          (2) Report on activities in economically 
        disadvantaged regions.--Section 8 of such Act (12 
        U.S.C. 635g), as amended by sections 6(b) and 7(b) of 
        this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
  ``(n) Report on Activities in Economically Disadvantaged 
Regions.--
          ``(1) In general.--The Agency shall include in its 
        annual report to Congress under subsection (a) a report 
        on the steps taken by the Agency in the period covered 
        by the report to increase--
                  ``(A) awareness of the Agency and its 
                services in economically disadvantaged regions; 
                and
                  ``(B) the provision of Agency support to 
                export businesses in economically disadvantaged 
                regions.
          ``(2) Definition.--In paragraph (1), the term 
        `economically disadvantaged region' means a county or 
        equivalent division of local government of a State in 
        which, according to the most recently available data 
        from the Bureau of the Census, 20 percent or more of 
        the residents have an annual income that is at or below 
        the poverty level.''.
  Page 16, line 9, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
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 7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 6, line 8, after the 1st close parenthesis, insert ``, 
which definition is deemed, for purposes of this subparagraph, 
to include American Indians, Native Hawaiians (as defined in 
section 103 of the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 
2902)), and Alaska Natives (defined as a member of any Indian 
tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) that is based in 
the State of Alaska)''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 22, line 7, after ``efficiency'' insert ``(including 
battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric vehicles, and 
electric vehicle charging infrastructure)''.
  Page 22, line 12, after ``energy efficiency'' insert 
``(including battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric 
vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure)''.
  Page 27, line 17, after ``energy efficiency'' insert 
``(including battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric 
vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure)''.
  Page 27, line 21, after ``energy efficiency'' insert 
``(including battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric 
vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure)''.
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 9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 33, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. __. AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES EXPORT FINANCE AGENCY TO USE 3 
                    PERCENT OF ITS PROFITS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

  Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635a), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
  ``(p) Authority to Use Portion of Agency Surplus for 
Administrative Expenses.--
          ``(1) Authority.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), 
                in addition to any other amounts that the 
                Agency may use to cover administrative expenses 
                of the Agency, the Agency may use not more than 
                3 percent of the surplus (as defined in 
                subsection (j)(2), without regard to 
                subparagraph (B)(ii) of such subsection) of the 
                Agency, for each fiscal year in the 5-year 
                period beginning with the date of the enactment 
                of this paragraph, to cover administrative 
                expenses of the Agency.
                  ``(B) Use for regional offices.--Of the 
                amount of the surplus which may be used as 
                provided in subparagraph (A), the Agency shall 
                use at least \1/3\ to expand or establish 
                regional offices of the Agency.
          ``(2) Subject to appropriations.--The authority 
        provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised only to such 
        extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance 
        in appropriations Acts.''.
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 10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 7, line 17, insert ``Asian American- and Native American 
Pacific Islander-serving institutions,'' before ``Tribal 
colleges''.
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 11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 8, line 4, after ``internships'' insert ``(including 
paid internships)''.
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 12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 7, line 18, insert ``community colleges,'' after 
``women's colleges,''.
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 13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 10, after line 19, insert the following:
  (f) Additional Advisory Committee Members.--Section 3(d) of 
such Act (12 U.S.C. 635a(d)) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (1)--
                  (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``17'' 
                and inserting ``19''; and
                  (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                ``higher education,'' before ``State''; and
          (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
        following:
  ``(D) 1 member appointed to the Advisory Committee shall be 
representative of 4-year institutions of higher education.
  ``(E) 1 member appointed to the Advisory Committee shall be 
representative of community colleges.''.
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 14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brown of Maryland or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 4, after line 15, insert the following:
          ``(4) Training.--The Agency shall make available to 
        its employees appropriate inclusion and diversity 
        training, not less frequently than every 2 years, to 
        ensure employees have an understanding of the specific 
        challenges facing minority- and women-owned 
        businesses.''.
  Page 4, line 16, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
  Page 5, line 24, strike ``(5)'' and insert ``(6)''.
  Page 7, line 7, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(7)''.
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 15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamb of Pennsylvania 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 27, line 3, strike ``and''.
  Page 27, line 13, strike the 1st period, the close quotation 
marks and the 2nd period and insert ``; and''.
  Page 27, after line 13, insert the following:
          ``(3) details the effects of exports and projects 
        financed by the Agency on the number of jobs created or 
        retained in the energy and related technologies 
        industries of the United States.''.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rouda of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 5, beginning on line 2, strike ``the racial, ethnic, and 
gender diversity'' and insert ``diversity in race, ethnicity, 
gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity''.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rouda of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 16, beginning on line 2, strike ``and persons with 
disabilities'' and insert ``persons with disabilities, and 
individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, or queer''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stevens of Michigan or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 16, line 3, strike ``and''.
  Page 16, line 8, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
  Page 16, after line 8, insert the following:
                  (D) an emphasis on outreach to small 
                businesses in sectors impacted by retaliatory 
                tariffs.
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 19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Horn of Oklahoma or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 33, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. __. GAO REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF AGENCY CLOSURE ON BUSINESSES THAT 
                    USE AGENCY SERVICES.

  Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a written 
report on the effect that closure of the United States Export 
Finance Agency would have on businesses that use services of 
the United States Export Finance Agency.
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 20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 12, line 14, strike the close quotation marks and the 
following period.
  Page 12, after line 14, insert the following:
  ``(n) Report on Consultations With Potentially Impacted 
Communities.--The Agency shall include in its annual report to 
Congress under subsection (a) of this section a report on the 
steps taken by the Agency to consult with affected communities, 
including affected workers, pursuant to section 11(a)(2).''.
  Page 23, line 18, insert ``, including affected workers,'' 
before ``in the country''.
  Page 28, line 10, insert ``including impacts on workers,'' 
before ``and on''.
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 21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres Small of New 
            Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, line 9, strike ``or''.
  Page 21, after line 9, insert the following:
                  ``(C) sanctions relating to human rights 
                abuses, including engaging in human 
                trafficking, including sex trafficking, and any 
                sanctions imposed under Executive Order 13581 
                (Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal 
                Organizations); or''.
  Page 21, line 10, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.

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