S.Amdt. 2446

SA 2446. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2327 submitted by Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Graham,
Mr. Blunt, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Donnelly, Mr.
Warner, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. Cantwell) to the amendment SA 2266
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under
TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account
for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate
applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of the amendment, add the
following:

SEC. __54. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DIRECT LOANS.

Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.
635), as amended by section __51, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(l) Prohibition on Provision of Direct Loans.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other
provision of law, the Bank may not provide direct loans for
the exportation of goods or services unless the producer of
the goods or services is a small business concern (as defined
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632))
and is organized under the laws of the United States or any
jurisdiction within the United States.''.
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