S.Amdt. 454

SA 454. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _. 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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