FLOOR UPDATE – 8 VOTES – LAST VOTES

The House is now taking the following votes onH.R. 4863 – United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019:

1. Torres Amendment #2 – Ensures that the Bank will not provide credit to any individual who is subject to sanctions related to serious violations of human rights or free speech, including in China and Burma – 15 minutes
2. Flores/Burgess Amendment – Strikes all of the renewable energy, environment and related accountability provisions (Section 13), and creates the office of energy efficiency and clean energy exports, requires the EXIM bank to consider energy affordability as well as environmental impacts before approving transactions, and requires the EXIM bank to include in its annual report the impacts of any transaction backed by the Bank on the cost of energy in the importing country and the estimated emissions reductions caused by exports financed by the Bank – 2 minutes
3. McAdams Amendment – Expands the prohibition of the Board of Directors from approving a transaction unless the person receiving the United States Export Finance Agency’s support certifies that the person and any affiliate do not engage in any activity in contravention of any U.S. law, regulation, or order concerning “sanctions relating to the illegal trafficking of synthetic opioids, including any sanctions imposed pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act” – 2 minutes
4. Davidson Amendment – Prohibits United States Export Finance Agency assistance for U.S. exporters selling goods to the governments of certain countries (including China and Mexico) unless the President certifies that the government is cooperating with the U.S. to prevent illegal trafficking of synthetic opioids – 2 minutes
5. Stevens Amendment – Requires the United States Export Finance Agency to emphasize outreach to small businesses in sectors that have been impacted by retaliatory tariffs – 2 minutes
6. Torres Small Amendment – Prohibits the Bank from providing financing to a person involved in sanctionable activity relating to human rights abuses, specifically human trafficking, including sex trafficking – 2 minutes
   10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit
7. Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 4863 – VOTE NO – 5 minutes
8. Final Passage of H.R. 4863 – United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 (Rep. Waters – Financial Services) – VOTE YES – 5 minutes

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