[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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