About the bill
House Democrats and a portion of the Republican House majority teamed up last week to win an important battle in the fight to bring back the Export-Import bank, a quasi-governmental agency that provides subsidies to foreign companies buying American goods.
On Monday, October, 26, 2015, the bipartisan coalition successfully used a rare procedural maneuver to call up legislation reauthorizing the agency to the House floor for consideration. The maneuver, known as a “motion to discharge,” technically discharged a “rule” from the Rules Committee that establishes terms the bill will be debated under. The final vote count on the discharge was 246–177, with all House Democrats voting in favor along with 62 Republicans.
The rule and then the bill itself were then passed on Tuesday, 313–118, sending it to …
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
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61 Cosponsors (60 Republicans, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Valadao Statement on Reauthorization of Export Import Bank”
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Rep. David Valadao [R-CA21]
(Co-sponsor)
on Oct 27, 2015
“Congressman Rice Votes in Favor of Export-Import Bank Reauthorization”
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Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC7]
(Co-sponsor)
on Oct 28, 2015
“Congressman Lowenthal Statement on Successful Vote to Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank”
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Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA47]
on Oct 27, 2015
History
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Jan 6, 2015
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Jan 28, 2015
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Introduced
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Jul 21, 2015
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Final Bill —
Failed Cloture in the Senate
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Jul 30, 2015
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Oct 27, 2015
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Dec 3, 2015
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Final Bill —
Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
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Dec 3, 2015
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Final Bill —
Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
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Dec 4, 2015
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 597 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 597. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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