S.Amdt. 4481

SA 4481. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, 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 I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. MODIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON
FINANCING OF SALES 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

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``(bb) the President determines that the transaction is in
the national security interest of the United States; and''.
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