Justification for Changes

Justification for Changes to Export-Import Bank Applications

Due to the Requirement

to Identify Minority-Owned and Woman-Owned Businesses

The Export-Import Bank is requesting approval of changes to several forms in order to comply with PL 109-438, the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006. The Act established the Office of Financing for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Concerns and Small Business Concerns owned by Women.

As a result of the Act and its mandates, and in an effort to identify small and minority-owned businesses, we are requestiong approval of the addition of two items to be added to some of our information collections:

(1) Is the applicant (or exporter, or supplier) a minority-owned business? Yes/No

(2) A woman-owned business? Yes/No

We estimate that the two additional items will not add to the burden of the information collection.