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Jan 6, 2015viewing Reported in House Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Amodei, Mrs. Black, Mr. Cole, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Denham, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Jones, Mr. Lance, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Womack, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Harper, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Palazzo, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Amash, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Clawson of Florida, and Mr. Blum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform See what changed
Jan 6, 2015 Introduced in House Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Amodei, Mrs. Black, Mr. Cole, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Denham, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Jones, Mr. Lance, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Womack, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Harper, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Palazzo, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Amash, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Clawson of Florida, and Mr. Blum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

H.R. 24 — what changed

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Audit reform and transparency for the board of governors of the federal reserve system

(a)

changed In general— Notwithstanding section 714 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of law, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks under subsection (b) of such section 714 within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b)

Report—

(1)

In general— Not later than 90 days after the audit required pursuant to subsection (a) is completed, the Comptroller General—

(A)

shall submit to Congress a report on such audit; and

(B)

shall make such report available to the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the committee and each subcommittee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and any other Member of Congress who requests the report.

(2)

Contents— The report under paragraph (1) shall include a detailed description of the findings and conclusion of the Comptroller General with respect to the audit that is the subject of the report, together with such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Comptroller General may determine to be appropriate.

(c)

Repeal of certain limitations— Subsection (b) of section 714 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.

(d)

added Technical and conforming amendments—

(1)

added In general— Section 714 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

(A)

added in subsection (d)(3), by striking “or (f)” each place such term appears;

(B)

added in subsection (e), by striking “the third undesignated paragraph of section 13” and inserting “section 13(3)”; and

(d)

removed ~~Technical and conforming amendments—~~ ~~Section 714 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—~~

(1)

removed ~~in subsection (d)(3)—~~

(A)

removed ~~in subparagraph (A)—~~

(i)

removed ~~by striking “or (f)”;~~

(ii)

removed ~~in clause (i), by striking “or (f)”; and~~

(iii)

removed ~~in clause (ii), by striking “or (f)”; and~~

(B)

removed ~~in subparagraph (C), by striking “or (f)”; and~~

(C)

renumbered was (5)(4) by striking subsection (f).

(2)

added Federal reserve act— Subsection (s) (relating to “Federal Reserve Transparency and Release of Information”) of section 11 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 248) is amended—

(A)

added in paragraph (4)(A), by striking “has the same meaning as in section 714(f)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code” and inserting “means a program or facility, including any special purpose vehicle or other entity established by or on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or a Federal reserve bank, authorized by the Board of Governors under section 13(3), that is not subject to audit under section 714(e) of title 31, United States Code”;

(B)

added in paragraph (6), by striking “or in section 714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, United States Code, the information described in paragraph (1) and information concerning the transactions described in section 714(f) of such title,” and inserting “the information described in paragraph (1)”; and

(C)

added in paragraph (7), by striking “and section 13(3)(C), section 714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, United States Code, and” and inserting “, section 13(3)(C), and”.

H.R. 24 — what changed

Sec. 2 Audit reform and transparency for the board of governors of the federal reserve system

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