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HR 3619 115th Congress House

Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act

Official title: To authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 3 percent of its profits for administrative expenses.

Introduced: July 28, 2017 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsExecutive agency funding and structureExport-Import Bank of the United StatesGovernment corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jul 28, 2017
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 Latest action July 28, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act

This bill 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 five fiscal years following enactment of this Act, to cover its administrative expenses.

The bank shall use at least one-third of that 3% of surplus to expand or establish bank regional offices.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3619: Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3619/
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"H.R. 3619: Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3619/.
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H.R. 3619, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3619/.
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