Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§635b Capitalization of Bank; method of capital stock payments; public-debt transactions; issuance of stock certificates

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 635b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Export-Import Bank must have $1,000,000,000 in capital stock paid for by the United States. The Bank must issue stock certificates showing U.S. ownership to the President, or to people the President names, equal to the amount the United States pays.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §635b

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The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall have a capital stock of $1,000,000,000 subscribed by the United States. Certificates evidencing stock ownership of the United States shall be issued by the Bank to the President of the United States, or to such other person or persons as the President may designate from time to time, to the extent of payments made for the capital stock of the Bank.

Legislative History

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1992—Pub. L. 102–429 inserted second sentence and struck out former second through last sentences which read as follows: “Payment for $1,000,000 of such capital stock shall be made by the surrender to the Bank for cancellation of the common stock issued prior to July 31, 1945, by the Bank and purchased by the United States. Payment for $174,000,000 of such capital stock shall be made by the surrender to the Bank for cancellation of the preferred stock heretofore issued by the Bank and purchased by the Re

Construction

Finance Corporation. Payment for the $825,000,000 balance of such capital stock shall be subject to call at any time in whole or in part by the Board of Directors of the Bank. For the purpose of making payments of such balance, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public-debt transaction the proceeds of any securities issued after July 31, 1945, under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under that chapter are extended to include such purpose. Payment under this section of the subscription of the United States to the Bank and repayments thereof shall be treated as public-debt transactions of the United States. Certificates evidencing stock ownership of the United States shall be issued by the Bank to the President of the United States, or to such other person or persons as the President may designate from time to time, to the extent of the common and preferred stock surrendered and other payments made for the capital stock of the Bank under this section.” 1983—Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “the President” for “he” before “may designate”. 1968—Pub. L. 90–267 changed name of “Export-Import Bank of Washington” to “Export-Import Bank of the United States”.

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12 U.S.C. § 635b

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73