; (bb) a for-profit entity in an Americas partner country; or (cc) a government of an Americas partner country (including a local government). (II) Exception Notwithstanding subclause (I), a loan may be made or guaranteed by the Unit to a country that is not an Americas partner country if the purpose of the loan is to support near-shoring of strategic supply chains under section 254 of the Americas Act . (III) Lines of credit The Unit may provide a line of credit of not more than $50,000,000 to a United States business that meets such requirements as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Americas Partnership may determine. (iii) Interest rates (I) In general A loan made or guaranteed under this paragraph may bear an interest rate lower than the rate for an equivalent loan available in the local market. (II) Variable interest rates For each loan made or guaranteed under this paragraph, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Unit, at a variable interest rate that is not less than zero percent, funds from the amounts authorized under section 212(a)(2) of the Americas Act . (III) Deposits to Treasury For each direct loan made by the Unit to a covered entity, the Unit shall remit— (aa) any repayment on the principal amount, including the final repayment and liquidation of the loan, and any amount of interest required by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with subclause (II) to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall use such amounts to replenish the amounts authorized under section 212(a)(2) of the Americas Act