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HR 1008 114th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Executive agency funding and structure Export-Import Bank of the United States Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises

Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act

Introduced: February 13, 2015 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act

Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, subject to appropriations, to use up to 3% of the Bank's surplus, for each of the 5 fiscal years following enactment of this Act, to cover its administrative expenses.

Requires the Bank to use at least one-third of that 3% of surplus to expand or establish Bank regional offices.

What's happening now February 13, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1008: Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1008/
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"H.R. 1008: Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1008/.
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