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12 U.S.C. § 635E

Section 635e · Aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority

Current version, with additions and removals from the May 30, 2012 version.

Current — December 20, 2019
As of May 30, 2012
(a) Limitation on outstanding amounts
(a) Limitation on outstanding amounts

(1) In general

(1) In general

The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall not have outstanding at any one time loans, guarantees, and insurance in an aggregate amount in excess of the applicable amount.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall not have outstanding at any one time loans, guarantees, and insurance in an aggregate amount in excess of the applicable amount.

(2) Applicable amount
(2) Applicable amount defined

In paragraph (1), the term “applicable amount” means—

(A) during fiscal year 2002, $80,000,000,000;

(B) during fiscal year 2003, $85,000,000,000;

(C) during fiscal year 2004, $90,000,000,000;

(D) during fiscal year 2005, $95,000,000,000;

(E) during fiscal year 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2011; 1 and

(F) during fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, $120,000,000,000, except that—

(i) the applicable amount for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 shall be $130,000,000,000 if—

(I) the Bank has submitted a report as required by section 4(a) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012; and

(II) the rate calculated under section 635g(g)(1) of this title 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) notwithstanding clause (i), the applicable amount for fiscal year 2014 shall be $140,000,000,000 if—

In this subsection, the term "applicable amount", for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2027, means $135,000,000,000.

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

(I) the rate calculated under section 635g(g)(1) of this title is less than 2 percent for the quarter ending with the beginning of the fiscal year, or for any quarter in the fiscal year;
If the rate calculated under section 635g(g)(1) of this title is 2 percent or more for a quarter, the Bank may not exceed the amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance outstanding on the last day of that quarter until the rate calculated under section 635g(g)(1) of this title is less than 2 percent.

(II) the Bank has submitted a report as required by subsection (b) of section 5 of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, except that the preceding provisions of this subclause shall not apply if the Comptroller General has not submitted the report required by subsection (a) of such section 5 on or before July 1, 2013; and

(III) the Secretary of the Treasury has submitted the reports required by section 635a–5(b) of this title.

(3) Subject to appropriations
(4) Subject to appropriations

All spending and credit authority provided under this subchapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

All spending and credit authority provided under this subchapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

(b) Reserve requirement

The Bank shall build to and hold in reserve, to protect against future losses, an amount that is not less than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance of the Bank.

(b) Presidential determination
(c) Presidential determination

(1) In general

(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—

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;

(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

(B) any increased foreign export credit subsidies; or

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

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

(2) Request for legislation

(2) Request for legislation

(A) In general

(A) In general

If the President of the United States finds that the amount of direct loan authority or guarantee authority available to the Bank for the fiscal year involved exceeds the amount which will be necessary to carry out the Bank's functions consistent with the availability of qualified applications and limitations imposed by law during such year, the President of the United States shall promptly transmit to the Congress a request for legislation to eliminate the amount of such excess direct loan, loan guarantee, or insurance authority.

If the President of the United States finds that the amount of direct loan authority or guarantee authority available to the Bank for the fiscal year involved exceeds the amount which will be necessary to carry out the Bank's functions consistent with the availability of qualified applications and limitations imposed by law during such year, the President of the United States shall promptly transmit to the Congress a request for legislation to eliminate the amount of such excess direct loan, loan guarantee, or insurance authority.

(B) Continued availability of authority

(B) Continued availability of authority

The Bank shall continue to make remaining amounts of its authority available for the fiscal year involved, in accordance with its practices and the requirements of this subchapter, unless otherwise directed pursuant to law.

The Bank shall continue to make remaining amounts of its authority available for the fiscal year involved, in accordance with its practices and the requirements of this subchapter, unless otherwise directed pursuant to law.

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