S.Amdt. 1583

SA 1583. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R.
1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. FINANCING OF EXPORTATION OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND
DEFENSE SERVICES BY EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES.

Section 2(b)(6)(I)(i)(I) of the Export-Import Bank Act of
1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(6)(I)(i)(I)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(I)(aa) the Bank determines that the end use of the
defense articles or services includes civilian purposes; or
``(bb) the President determines that the transaction is in
the national security interests of the United States; and''.
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