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2 U.S.C. § 831 — John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award

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2 U.S.C. § 831 — John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award

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**(a) Establishment** There is hereby established the John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award, which shall be evidenced by a national medal bearing the inscription “John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award”. The medal, to be minted by the United States Mint and provided to the Congress, shall be of such design and bear such additional inscriptions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the family of Senator John Heinz. The medal shall be— (1) three inches in diameter; and (2) made of bronze obtained from recycled sources. **(b) Award categories** (1) **In general** — Two separate awards may be given under this section in each year. One such award may be given to a qualifying individual (including employees of any State or local government, or the Federal Government), and 1 such award may be given to a qualifying organization, institution, or business. (2) **Limitation** — No award shall be made under this section to an entity in either category described in paragraph (1) in any year if there is no qualified individual, organization, institution, or business recommended under subsection (c) for an award in such category in that year. **(c) Qualification criteria for award** (1) **Selection panel** — A selection panel shall be established, comprised of a total of 8 persons, including— (A) 2 persons appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate; (B) 2 persons appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; (C) 2 persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (D) 2 persons appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. (2) **Qualification** — An individual, organization, institution, or business may qualify for an award under this section only if such individual, organization, institution, or business— (A) is nominated to the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate or to the Speaker or the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives by a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives; (B) permits a rigorous evaluation by the Office of Technology Assessment of the way in which such individual, organization, institution, or business has demonstrated excellence in promoting United States industrial competitiveness; and (C) meets such other requirements as the selection panel determines to be appropriate to achieve the objectives of this section. (3) **Evaluation** — An evaluation of each nominee shall be conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment. The Office of Technology Assessment shall work with the selection panel to establish appropriate procedures for evaluating nominees. (4) **Panel review** — The selection panel shall review the Office of Technology Assessment’s evaluation of each nominee and may, based on those evaluations, recommend 1 award winner for each year for each category described in subsection (b)(1) to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. **(d) Presentation of award** (1) **In general** — The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall make the award to an individual and an organization, institution, or business that has demonstrated excellence in promoting United States industrial competitiveness in the international marketplace through technological innovation, productivity improvement, or improved competitive strategies. (2) **Ceremonies** — The presentation of an award under this section shall be made by the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, with such ceremonies as they may deem proper. (3) **Publicity** — An individual, organization, institution, or business to which an award is made under this section may publicize its receipt of such award and use the award in its advertising, but it shall be ineligible to receive another award in the same category for a period of 5 years. **(e) Publication of evaluations** (1) **Summary of evaluations** — The Office of Technology Assessment shall ensure that all nominees receive a detailed summary of any evaluation conducted of such nominee under subsection (c). (2) **Summary of competitiveness strategy** — The Office of Technology Assessment shall also make available to all nominees and the public a summary of each award winner’s competitiveness strategy. Proprietary information shall not be included in any such summary without the consent of the award winner. **(f) Reimbursement of costs** The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives are authorized to seek and accept gifts from public and private sources to defray the cost of implementing this section.

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12 U.S.C. § 635 — Powers and functions of Bank

**(a) General banking business; use of mails; publication of documents, reports, contracts, etc.; use of assets and allocated or borrowed money; payment of dividends; medium-term financing; dissemination of information; enhancement of medium-term program** (1) There is created a corporation with the name Export-Import Bank of the United States, which shall be an agency of the United States of America. The objects and purposes of the Bank shall be to aid in financing and to facilitate exports of goods and services, imports, and the exchange of commodities and services between the United States or any of its territories or insular possessions and any foreign country or the agencies or nationals of any such country, and in so doing to contribute to the employment of United States workers. The Bank’s objective in authorizing loans, guarantees, insurance, and credits shall be to contribute to maintaining or increasing employment of United States workers. In connection with and in furtherance of its objects and purposes, the bank is authorized and empowered to do a general banking business except that of circulation; to receive deposits; to purchase, discount, rediscount, sell, and negotiate, with or without its endorsement or guaranty, and to guarantee notes, drafts, checks, bills of exchange, acceptances, including bankers’ acceptances, cable transfers, and other evidences of indebtedness; to guarantee, insure, coinsure, and reinsure against political and credit risks of loss; to purchase, sell, and guarantee securities but not to purchase with its funds any stock in any other corporation except that it may acquire any such stock through the enforcement of any lien or pledge or otherwise to satisfy a previously contracted indebtedness to it; to accept bills and drafts draw

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2 U.S.C. § 831 — John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award

Page 231 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 831 as may be required to provide for the dissolution of any corporation established by the Board under section 806(g) of this title. The Board shall set forth, in its by- laws, the procedures for dissolution to be followed by the Board.’’ 1985—Pub. L. 99–161 substituted ‘‘on November 16, 1988’’ for ‘‘six years after November 16, 1979’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 115–268, § 2(b), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3762, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 2018.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 113–43, § 3, Oct. 4, 2013, 127 Stat. 554, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 801 of this title] shall take effect as of October 1, 2013.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 111–200, § 2(h)(2), July 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 1370, provided that: ‘‘This subsection [amending this section] shall take effect as of October 1, 2009.’’ SAVINGS PROVISION Pub. L. 109–143, § 1(b)(2), Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2659, provided that: ‘‘During the period of October 1, 2004, through the date of the enactment of this section [Dec. 22, 2005], all actions and functions of the Congressional Award Board under the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) shall have the same effect as though no lapse or termination of the Board ever occurred.’’ Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title V, § 5401(c), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–511, provided that: ‘‘During the period of October 1, 1995, through the date of the enactment of this section [Sept. 30, 1996], all actions and functions of the Congressional Award Board under the Congres- sional Award Act [2 U.S

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