,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjai,ms4 
,velzquez 7for herself and ,mr4 ,san    
,nicolas7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the charter of the ,export-,import
 ,bank of the ,united ,states to create 
a new office within the ,bank4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,office of ,territorial ,exporting  
,act4  #b4 ,creation of the ,office of  
,territorial ,exporting in the          
,export-,import ,bank of the ,united    
,states  7a7 ,in general ,section #c of 
the ,export-,import ,bank ,act of #aide 
7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #fce;a7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7n7   
,office of ,territorial ,exporting  7#a7
 ,establishment ,there is established in
 the ,bank the ,office of ,territorial  
,exporting 7in this subsection referred 
to as the ,office74  7#b7 ,locations    
,the ,office shall have an office in the

 headquarters of the ,bank in           
,washington1 ,,dc1 and in each          
territory4  7#c7 ,staff ,the ,bank shall
 hire such full-time staff as may be    
necessary to perform the functions of   
the ,office4  7#d7 ,functions ,the      
,office shall conduct outreach1         
education1 and provide learning         
resources to facilitate the provision to
 export businesses in the territories of
 all forms of financial assistance      
offered by the ,bank4  7#e7 ,territory  
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         
territory means the ,commonwealth of    
,puerto ,rico1 the ,united ,states      
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the            
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 and ,american ,samoa4  4  7b7 
,annual report ,section #h of such ,act 
7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #fce;g7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7l7   
,report on activities in the territories
 ,the ,bank shall include in its annual 
report to ,congress under subsection 7a7
 a report on the steps taken by the     

,bank in the period covered by the      
report to increase--  7#a7 the presence 
of the ,bank in the territories2 and    
7#b7 the provision of ,bank assistance  
to export businesses in the territories4
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