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79TH CONGEESS 1ST SESSION .. 3490 IN THE HOUSE OF BEP11ESENTATIVES 18,1945 Mr. SPENCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency JUKE To provide for Increasing the lending authority of the ExportImport Bank of Washington, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 9 of the Act of January 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 4, 4 ch. 2 ) , as amended, is further amended to read as follows: 5 "SEC. 9. Notwithstanding* any other provision of law, 6 the Export-Import Bank of Washington, District of Colum7 bia, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the 8 District of Columbia as an agency of the United States, 9 pursuant to Executive order of the President, shall continue, 10 until the close of business on January 22, 1957, or such 2 1 earlier date as may be fixed by the President by Executive 2 order, to be an agenc}^ of the United States, and in addition 3 to existing charter powers, and without limitation as to the 4 total amount of obligations thereto of any borrower, endorser, 5 acceptor, obligor, or guarantor at my time outstanding, said 6 banking corporation is hereby authorized and empowered 7 to discount notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evi8 dences of debt for the purpose of aiding in the financing and 9 facilitating exports and imports and the exchange of com10 modities between the United States and any of its Terri11 tories and insular possessions and any foreign country or the 12 agencies or nationals thereof, and to borrow money and re13 discount notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences 14 of debt for the purposes aforesaid. During the continuance 15 of such agency, it is hereby authorized to use all of its assets, 16 including capital and net earnings therefrom, and to use all 17 moneys which have been or maj^ hereafter be allocated to 18 or borrowed by it, in the exercise of its functions as such 19 agency/' 20 - SEC. 2. Export-Import Bank of Washington shall have a 21 capital stock of $1,000,000,000 subscribed by the United 22 States of America, payment for which shall be subject to 23 call at any time in whole or in part by the Board of Tnistees 24 of the Bank. Payment for $1,000,000 of such capital stock 25 shall be made by the surrender to the Bank for cancellation 3 1 of the common stock heretofore issued by the Bank and 2 purchased by the United States of America. Tor the pur3 pose of making the balance of the payments, including the 4 payment to Reconstruction Finance Corporation provided 5 for in section 3 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 6 is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds 7 of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Libert}^ 8 Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities 9 may be issued under that Act are extended to include such 10 purpose. Payment under this section of the subscription H of the United States to the Bank and repayments thereof 12 shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United 13 States. Certificajtes evidencing stock ownership of the 14 United States of America shall be issued by the Bank to the 15 President of the United States or to such other person or 16 persons as he ma}^ designate from time to time to the "17 extent of payments b}^ .the United States of America and for 18 the surrender of common stock heretofore issued. 19 SEC. 3. All of the common stock and all of the preferred 20 stock heretofore issued by Export-Import Bank of Wash21 ington shall be transferred by whomsoever held to the 22 Secretary of the Treasury, The Secretary of the Treasury 23 shall pay to Reconstruction Finance Corporation the par 24 value of the preferred stock, such payment to constitute a 25 payment to the Bank under the provisions of section 2 of 4 1 this Act. Any dividends on the preferred stock accumulated 2 and unpaid to the date of-its surrender to the Secretary of 3 the Treasury shall he paid to Reconstruction Finance Cor4 poration by the Bank. The Secrctaiy of the Treasury shall 5 surrender all common and preferred stock to the Bank for 6 cancellation and the Bank shall issue to the President of 7 the United States or to such person or persons as he may 8 designate a certificate as provided for in the foregoing 9 section, which shall evidence stock ownership of the United 10 States of America to the aggregate amount of the par value 11 of the common and preferred stock so surrendered. 12 SEC. 4. Export-Import Bank of "Washington is author- 13 ized to issue from time to time for purchase by the Secre14 tary of the Treasury its notes, debentures, bonds, or such 15 other obligations: Provided, howevery That the aggregate 16 amount of such obligations outstanding at any one time 17 shall not exceed two and one-half times the subscribed 18 capital stock of the Bank. Such obligations shall be re19 deemable at the option of the Bank before maturity in such 20 manner as may be stipulated in such obligations and shall 21 have such maturity and bear such rate of interest as may he 22 determined by the Board of Trustees of the Bank with the 23 approval of- the Secretary of the Treasury. Such obligations 24 may mature subsequent to January 22, 1957. The Secre 5 1 tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to 2 purchase any obligations of the Bank issued hereunder and 3 for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 4 to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds of any 5 ,securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Bond 6 Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities 7 may be issued under that Act are extended to include such 8 purpose. Payment under this section of the purchase price 9 of such obligations of the Bank and repa}7ments thereof. 10 b}' the Bank shall be treated as .public debt transactions of 11 the United States. 12 SEC. 5. Export-Import Bank of Washington shall not 13 have outstanding at any one time loans and guaranties in an 14 aggregate amount in excess of three and one-half times the 15 subscribed capital stock of the Bank. 16 SEC. 6. The provisions of the existing charter of Export- 17 Import Bank of Washington relating to capital stock are 18 superseded by the provisions of this Act and the Bank shall 19 be exempt from compliance with any provisions of law re20 lating to the retirement or increase of stock of District of 21 Columbia corporations and from the pa}7ment of aity fee 22 or tax to the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia 23 determined upon the value or amount of capital stock of the 24 bank or any increase thereof. Except as they may Ibe in con 6 1 flict with the provisions of this Act the provisions of all 2 Acts with respect to Export-Import Bank of Washington 3 shall remain in full force and effect. 4 SEC, 7. The Export-Import Bank of Washington shall 5 transmit to the Congress semiannually a complete and de6 tailed report of operations under this Act. The report shall 7 be as of the close of business on June 30 and December 31 8 of each year. 9 SEC. 8. The Act of April 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 574, ch. 10 112), is hereby repealed. 79TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3490 A BILL To provide for increasing the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes. By Mr. SPENCE JUNE IS, 1045 Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency