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FOMC Representation Improvement Act

H.R. 4759 · 115th Congress · Jan 10, 2018 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to revise the membership of Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “FOMC Representation Improvement Act”.

Sec. 2 Membership of Federal Open Market Committee

Section 12A(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 263(a)) is amended—
(1)
in the first sentence, by striking “five representatives of the Federal Reserve banks to be selected as hereinafter provided” and inserting “one representative from each of the Federal Reserve banks”;
(2)
in the second sentence, by striking “and, beginning” and all that follows through “San Francisco”; and
(3)
by striking the third and fourth sentences.