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PUBLIC LAW 109–438—DEC. 20, 2006

Public Law 109–438 109th Congress An Act Dec. 20, 2006 [S. 3938] Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006. 12 USC 635 note.

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Short title; table of contents. Extension of authority. Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee. Extension of authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles or services the primary end use of which will be for civilian purposes. 5. Designation of sensitive commercial sectors and products. 6. Increasing exports by small business. 7. Anti-circumvention. 8. Transparency. 9. Aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority. 10. Tied aid credit program. 11. Prohibition on assistance to develop or promote certain railway connections and railway-related connections. 12. Process for notifying applicants of application status; implementation of Ex-Im Online. 13. Competitiveness initiatives. 14. Office of financing for socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and small business concerns owned by women. 15. Governance. 16. Sense of Congress regarding multi-buyer insurance and capital guarantee programs. 17. Sense of Congress regarding office of renewable energy promotion. 18. Environmental matters. 19. Government Accountability Office study of bank performance standards for assistance to small businesses, especially those owned by social and economically disadvantaged individuals and those owned by women. 20. Reports. 21. Study of how Export-Import Bank could assist United States exporters to meet import needs of new or impoverished democracies; report.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.

Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. SEC. 3. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Deadline. Contracts. 12 USC 635 note.

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(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—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 ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. (b) IMPROVED LIAISON WITH AFRICAN REGIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— (1) MASTER GUARANTEE AGREEMENTS.—Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Export-Import Bank

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