Interagency coordination

Section 13 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–7) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Cooperation on export financing programs and inserting Interagency cooperation; (2) by striking The Bank and inserting the following: (a) Cooperation on export financing and financial assistance programs The Bank; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Interagency working group (1) Establishment There is established an interagency working group. (2) Duties The working group established by paragraph (1) shall be responsible for— (A) providing guidance to the Bank on priority advanced manufacturing and critical technology industries; (B) ensuring coordination across Federal programs for financing and supporting advanced manufacturing and critical technology development in service of strategic economic competitiveness imperatives, including efforts to align performance metrics and to ensure timely review of applications and deployment of capital; (C) aligning the work of the working group with the activities of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee established under section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727); and (D) conducting briefings required by paragraph (6). (3) Co-chairpersons The President of the Bank and the Director of the National Economic Council shall serve as co-chairpersons of the working group established by paragraph (1). (4) Domain-specific working groups (A) In general The Investment Committee established under section 3(n) shall establish domain-specific working groups corresponding to the technology areas identified in the investment roadmap required by section 3(n)(3). Such domains may include biotechnology (including biomanufacturing), next-generation energy (including fusion energy), advanced computing, robotics, and critical minerals. (B) Missions of national interest One of the domain-specific working groups established under subparagraph (A) shall be established to identify missions of national interest to focus public sector investment and coordination across sectors to improve the lives of the people of the United States through greater capacity in innovation, production, deployment, lower costs, and problem-solving. (C) Composition Subject to subparagraph (D), the Investment Committee shall determine the membership of each domain-specific working group established under subparagraph (A), drawing from relevant Federal agencies, including the agencies described in paragraph (5), and from such other entities as the Committee considers appropriate. (D) Standing membership Each domain-specific working group established under subparagraph (A) shall include representatives of the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of State. (5) Technical input In carrying out the duties described in paragraph (2), the working group established by paragraph (1) and domain-specific working groups established under paragraph (4) shall seek technical input from relevant Federal agencies and entities, and other partners, including— (A) Federal investment entities, including the Office of Strategic Capital of the Department of Defense, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the Loan Programs Office of the Department of Energy, and Federal agencies to which authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) have been delegated; (B) Federal research and innovation agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, and the Small Business Innovation Research program, with a focus on agencies conducting aligned federally funded research with support from the Federal Government, including from the Bank, to translate research into new startups and to scale companies in the United States; (C) mission agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Small Business Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (D) State governments, to coordinate with respect to, and align, where possible, with, State investment to strengthen domestic industrial capacity in critical industries, including federally funded initiatives like the State Small Business Credit Initiative; and (E) such other agencies and entities as the Bank or the Investment Committee considers appropriate. (6) Annual briefings Not less frequently than annually, the working group established by paragraph (1) shall brief the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Executive Office of the President with respect to, for the year preceding the briefing— (A) requests for financial assistance considered by the Bank; (B) agreements made under this Act; (C) opportunities for and consideration of policy changes to improve coordination across Federal programs with the goal of ensuring the success of investments facilitated by financing or financial assistance under this Act; and (D) challenges identified by applicants for financial assistance across Federal programs. (c) Coordination with respect to technology development The Bank shall convene meetings with other agencies to coordinate with respect to enhancing capacity for critical technology development in the United States..