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Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-73not60

§635a–6 Periodic Audits of Bank Transactions

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

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Comptroller General must audit the Export-Import Bank’s loans and loan guarantees to check if the Bank is following its rules for approving loans, its lending policies, its steps to check applicants, and its document requirements. The first audit had to happen within 2 years after May 30, 2012, and audits must happen regularly after that, at least once every 4 years. By 4 years after December 4, 2015, and every 4 years after, the Comptroller General must also review how well the Bank’s controls stop, find, and investigate fraudulent loan applications. That review must include checking a sample of transactions and must be sent as a written report with any recommendations to the Senate Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and on Appropriations, and to the House Committees on Financial Services and on Appropriations.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §635a–6

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(a)Within 2 years after May 30, 2012, and periodically (but not less frequently than every 4 years) thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of the loan and guarantee transactions of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to determine the compliance of the Bank with the underwriting guidelines, lending policies, due diligence procedures, and content guidelines of the Bank.
(b)Not later than 4 years after December 4, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
(1)review the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of the controls used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to prevent, detect, and investigate fraudulent applications for loans and guarantees and the compliance by the Bank with the controls, including by auditing a sample of Bank transactions; and
(2)submit a written report regarding the findings of the review and providing such recommendations with respect to the controls described in paragraph (1) as the Comptroller General deems appropriate to—
(A)the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, and not as part of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 which comprises this subchapter.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–94 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of the controls used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to prevent, detect, and investigate fraudulent applications for loans and guarantees, including by auditing a sample of Bank transactions, and submit to the Congress a written report which contains such recommendations with respect to the controls as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.”

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 635a–6

Title 12, Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60