[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1770]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2871

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. ____. INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FROM 
                   COMPANIES SEEKING OR RECEIVING NEW ASSISTANCE.

       Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
     635) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g)(1) As a condition of providing assistance to a 
     company in connection with a transaction entered into on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Bank 
     shall require the company to submit to the Bank the following 
     information on an annual basis:
       ``(A) The number of individuals employed by the company in 
     the United States and its territories.
       ``(B) The number of individuals employed by the company 
     outside the United States and its territories.
       ``(C) A description of the wages and benefits being 
     provided to the employees of the company in the United States 
     and its territories.
       ``(2)(A) Beginning 1 year after the Bank provides 
     assistance to a company in connection with a transaction 
     entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection, the company shall, on an annual basis, provide 
     the Bank with a written certification of--
       ``(i) the percentage of the workforce of the company 
     employed in the United States or its territories that has 
     been laid off or induced to resign from the company during 
     the preceding year; and
       ``(ii) the percentage of the total workforce of the company 
     that has been laid off or induced to resign from the company 
     during the preceding year.
       ``(B)(i) If, in the certification provided by the company, 
     the percentage described in subparagraph (A)(i) is greater 
     than the percentage described in subparagraph (A)(ii), then 
     the company shall be ineligible for further assistance from 
     the Bank until the company provides to the Bank a new written 
     certification in which, for the year covered by the new 
     certification, the percentage described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i) is not greater than the percentage described in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii).
       ``(ii) If the company does not provide a certification 
     required by subparagraph (A), or provides a false 
     certification under this paragraph, then 60 days thereafter 
     the Bank shall withdraw all assistance from the company, and 
     the company shall thereafter be ineligible for assistance 
     from the Bank.''.