§ 635g. Report to Congress; time for submission; contents
(a)
Annual submission of report
The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall transmit to the Congress annually a complete and detailed report of its operations. Such report shall be as of the close of business on the last day of each fiscal year.
(b)
Report on allocation of sums set aside for small business exports
(1)
The Bank shall include in its annual report to the Congress a report on the allocation of the sums set aside for small business exports pursuant to section
635
(b)(1)(E) of this title.
(2)
Such report shall specify—
(B)
the number and dollar volume of loans made through the consortia program under section
635
(b)(1)(E)(vii) of this title;
(c)
Technology to assist small businesses
The Bank shall include in its annual report to the Congress under subsection (a) of this section for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006 a report on the efforts made by the Bank to carry out subparagraphs (E)(x) and (J) of section
635
(b)(1) of this title, and on how the efforts are assisting small business concerns (as defined in section
632
(a) of title
15).
(d)
Number of small business suppliers of Bank users
The Bank shall estimate on the basis of an annual survey or tabulation the number of entities that are suppliers of users of the Bank and that are small business concerns (as defined in section
632
(a) of title
15) located in the United States, and shall include the estimate in its annual report to the Congress under subsection (a) of this section.
(e)
Outreach to certain small businesses
The Bank shall include in its annual report to the Congress under subsection (a) of this section a description of outreach efforts made by the Bank to any socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section
637
(a)(4) of title
15), small business concerns (as defined in section
632
(a) of title
15) owned by women, and small business concerns (as defined in section
632
(a) of title
15) employing fewer than 100 employees.
(f)
Additional reports
Not later than March 31 of each year, the Bank shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate reports on—
(1)
the extent to which the Bank has been able to use the authority provided, and has complied with the mandates contained, in section
635
(b)(1)(E) of this title, and to the extent the Bank has been unable to fully use such authority and comply with such mandates, a report on the reasons for the Bank’s inability to do so and the steps the Bank is taking to remedy such inability;
(2)
the extent to which financing has been made available to small business concerns (described in subsection (e)) to enable them to participate in exports by major contractors, including through access to the supply chains of the contractors through direct or indirect funding;
(3)
the specific measures the Bank will take in the upcoming year to achieve the small business objectives of the Bank, including expanded outreach, product improvements, and related actions;
(4)
the progress made by the Bank in supporting exports by socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (defined in section
637
(a)(4) of title
15) and small business concerns (as defined in section
632
(a) of title
15) owned by women, including estimates of the amounts made available to finance exports directly by such small business concerns, a comparison of these amounts with the amounts made available to all small business concerns, and a comparison of such amounts with the amounts so made available during the 2 preceding years;
(5)
with respect to each type of transaction, the interest and fees charged by the Bank to exporters (including a description of fees and interest, if any, charged to small business concerns), buyers, and other applicants in connection with each financing program of the Bank, and the highest, lowest, and average fees charged by the Bank for short term insurance transactions;
(6)
the effects of the fees on the ability of the Bank to achieve the objectives of the Bank relating to small business;