Skip to main content
S 1803 111th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Credit and credit markets Federal Reserve System Government information and archives

Federal Reserve Accountability Act of 2009

Introduced: October 20, 2009 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 20, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 20, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10573)
Oct 20, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Reserve Accountability Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to conduct reviews of (including onsite examinations), and report to Congress on, the accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls of credit facilities established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any Federal Reserve bank, including when such activities are implemented by or on behalf of the Board or any official of a Federal Reserve bank.

Defines "credit facilities" as: (1) the Money Market Investor Funding Facility; (2) the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility; (3) the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility; (4) the Primary Dealer Credit Facility; (5) the Commercial Paper Funding Facility; and (6) certain other credit facilities approved by the Board, as well as any special purpose vehicle through which any activity of such facilities is conducted.

Requires the Board to place on its home Internet website a link entitled "Audit" to a webpage that serves as a repository of public information for not less than six months following the release of the relevant information, including: (1) the reports prepared pursuant to this Act; (2) the annual financial statements prepared by an independent auditor for the Board; and (3) any other information the Board believes is necessary or helpful to the public in understanding its accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls as well as those of the Federal Reserve banks.

What's happening now October 20, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1