12 USC 635e - Aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority

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§ 635e.

Aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority

(a)

Limitation on outstanding amounts

(1)

In general

(2)

Applicable amount defined

(3)

Freezing of lending cap if default rate is 2 percent or more

(4)

Subject to appropriations

(b)

Reserve requirement

(c)

Presidential determination

(1)

In general

Not later than March 31 of each fiscal year, the President of the United States shall determine whether the authority available to the Bank for such fiscal year will be sufficient to meet the Bank’s needs, particularly those needs arising from—

(A)

increases in the level of exports unforeseen at the time of the original budget request for such fiscal year;

(B)

any increased foreign export credit subsidies; or

(C)

the lack of progress in negotiations to reduce or eliminate export credit subsidies.

(2)

Request for legislation

(A)

In general

(B)

Continued availability of authority

(July 31, 1945, ch. 341, § 6, formerly § 7, 59 Stat. 529; Oct. 3, 1951, ch. 445, § 1(b), 65 Stat. 367; May 21, 1953, ch. 64, § 2, 67 Stat. 28; Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 660, § 3(b), 68 Stat. 678; Pub. L. 85–424, § 1(2), May 22, 1958, 72 Stat. 133; Pub. L. 88–101, § 1(b), Aug. 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 90–267, § 1(a), (e), Mar. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 47, 49; Pub. L. 92–126, § 1(b)(3), Aug. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 345; Pub. L. 93–646, § 8, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2336; Pub. L. 95–630, title XIX, §§ 1905, 1914, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3725, 3727; Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 381(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 431; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title VI, §§ 615, 620(d)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1256, 1261; Pub. L. 99–472, §§ 13, 17, Oct. 15, 1986, 100 Stat. 1204, 1205; Pub. L. 102–145, § 121(1), Oct. 28, 1991, as added Pub. L. 102–266, § 102, Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 95; renumbered § 6 and amended Pub. L. 102–429, title I, §§ 109(b), 121(c)(2), Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2193, 2199; Pub. L. 106–569, title XI, § 1104(a)(3), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 107–189, § 5, June 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 109–438, § 9, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3275; Pub. L. 112–122, § 3, May 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 350; Pub. L. 114–94, div. E, title LI, §§ 51001, 51002(a), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1763; Pub. L. 116–94, div. I, title IV, § 401(b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3021.)

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