HR 3732
107th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic stabilization
Economics and Public Finance
Expedited congressional procedure
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign exchange
Gold
Gold reserves
Government trust funds
International Affairs
International monetary system
Legislative resolutions
Prices
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Monetary Freedom and Accountability Act
Introduced: February 13, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
Feb 14, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E162-164)
Feb 13, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Monetary Freedom and Accountability Act - Amends Federal law governing monetary transactions to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from using the Exchange Stabilization Fund to buy, sell, or otherwise interfere in the market for gold in order to affect its free market price without congressional approval to engage in such transaction in the form of the adoption of a joint resolution or other Act of Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1