S. 2709: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-30 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014

Plain summary

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States through FY2019. Extends, for FY2015-FY2019, the Bank's authority to use a specified amount of its surplus for information technology system updates. Extends, through FY2019, the termination date of the sub-Saharan Africa advisory committee. Prescribes limitations on outstanding Bank loans, guarantees, and insurance for FY2015-FY2018 and each fiscal year thereafter. Extends, through FY2019, Bank authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles and defense services whose primary end use is for civilian purposes. Directs the Bank to submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) a business plan that includes an estimate of the Bank's appropriate exposure limits for FY2015-FY2019. Directs GAO to study the Bank's medium-term financing programs.

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Official text

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · 14 cosponsors

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Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s2709.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s2709 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113