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 PUBLIC LAW 109–438—DEC. 20, 2006

120 STAT. 3281

SEC. 15. GOVERNANCE.

Section 3(c) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(9) At the request of any 2 members of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall place an item pertaining to the policies or procedures of the Bank on the agenda for discussion by the Board. Within 30 days after the date such a request is made, the Chairman shall hold a meeting of the Board at which the item shall be discussed.’’.

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SEC. 16. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MULTI-BUYER INSURANCE AND WORKING CAPITAL GUARANTEE PROGRAMS.

It is the sense of Congress that the Export-Import Bank of the United States should seek to expand the number and size of the regional multi-buyer insurance programs and working capital guarantee programs operated by, through, or in conjunction with the Bank. SEC. 17. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AN OFFICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROMOTION.

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Export-Import Bank of the United States should establish, within 2 years of the date of the enactment of this Act, an Office of Renewable Energy Promotion staffed by individuals with appropriate expertise in renewable energy technologies to proactively identify new opportunities for renewable energy financing and to carry out section 2(b)(1)(K) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(K)); (2) in carrying out the purposes of such an Office of Renewable Energy Promotion, the head of such Office should consider the recommendations of the Renewable Energy Exports Advisory Committee of the Bank to promote renewable energy technologies; and (3) the Bank should include in its annual report a description of the activities carried out by such an Office of Renewable Energy Promotion, including for each year a description of the amount of credit extended by the Bank for renewable energy technologies during that year and a comparison between that amount and the amount of such credit extended by the Bank in previous years. SEC. 18. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

(a) ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 3(d) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘15’’ and inserting ‘‘17’’; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘environment,’’ before ‘‘production,’’; and (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) Not less than 2 members appointed to the Advisory Committee shall be representative of the environmental nongovernmental organization community, except that no 2 of the members shall be from the same environmental organization.’’. (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.—Section 11(a)(1) of the Export-Import Bank of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–5(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following:

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