[3]Export-Import Bank, Office of the Inspector General, ???Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2013 to September 30, 2013,??? <a href="http://www.exim.gov/oig/upload/OIG_Report_FA13_508.pdf">http://www.exim.gov/oig/upload/OIG_Report_FA13_508.pdf</a> (accessed July 31, 2014). [4]The bank provides foreign firms, both state-controlled and privately held, with loans and other forms of credit to purchase U.S. exports.