[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 2444. 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. LIMITATION ON LOAN GUARANTEES.

       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) Limitation on Loan Guarantees.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
     loan guarantees provided by the Bank may not--
       ``(A) cover default for commercial risk; or
       ``(B) cover more than 50 percent of a loss.
       ``(2) Exception for small business concerns.--The 
     limitations in paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
     loan guarantees for the exportation of goods or services 
     produced by an entity that 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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