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H.R. 459, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (10 wiki edits: view article ↓)
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
H.R. 459 would require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 1/1/2013: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
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Costs: $0.05 per
and increases their $162,301.27 share of the national debt by $0.05.
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- Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH-10th district)
- Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY-11th district)
- Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL-18th district)
- Rep. K. Conaway (R-TX-11th district)
- Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL-4th district)
- Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20th district)
- Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR-2nd district)
- Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
- Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA-2nd district)
- Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2nd district)
- Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX-10th district)
- Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME-2nd district)
- Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY-3rd district)
- Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX-26th district) (1 comment»)
- Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX-6th district)
- Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA-5th district)
- Rep. F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5th district)
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- Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO-4th district)
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- Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
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- Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH-6th district)
- Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX-3rd district)
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- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL-3rd district)
- Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY-at large)
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9th district)
- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI-8th district) (2 comments»)
- Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL-1st district)
- Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA-11th district)
- Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS-2nd district)
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- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-48th district)
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- Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA-11th district)
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- Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT-1st district)
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- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3rd district)
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- Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3rd district)
- Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX-12th district)
- Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL-15th district)
- Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY-5th district)
- Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL-8th district)
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1st district)
See Related Bills:
- The Federal Reserve Transparency Act (H.R. 1496)
- The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (S. 202) (4 comments »)
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