[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10165 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10165

To permanently reform quorum requirements for the Board of Directors of 
  the Export-Import Bank of the United States to ensure continuity of 
                              operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2026

 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To permanently reform quorum requirements for the Board of Directors of 
  the Export-Import Bank of the United States to ensure continuity of 
                              operations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``EXIM Bank Continuity in 
Competitiveness Act''.

SEC. 2. REFORMATION OF QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
              OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 3(c)(6)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635a(c)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``120'' and inserting 
        ``60''; and
            (2) by striking clause (vi) and inserting the following:
                            ``(vi) The temporary Board shall expire 
                        when the individual serving as President of the 
                        United States at the time the temporary Board 
                        was constituted is succeeded in office by 
                        another individual or upon restoration of a 
                        quorum of the Board of Directors as defined in 
                        subparagraph (A).''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 409 of division I of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (12 U.S.C. 635a note; Public Law 116-94) is 
amended by striking subsection (b).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 31, 
2026.
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