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S 3534 114th Congress Senate

A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to locate and recover certain assets of the United States Government.

Introduced: December 8, 2016 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debtDebt collectionExecutive agency funding and structure
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 8, 2016
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 Latest action December 8, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to: (1) locate and recover assets of the U.S. government on behalf of any executive, judicial, or legislative agency; and (2) retain a portion of the amounts recovered to cover the administrative and operational costs of Treasury for locating and recovering the assets. Any savings from carrying out this bill must be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3534: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to locate and recover certain assets of the United States Government.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3534/
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"S. 3534: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to locate and recover certain assets of the United States Government.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3534/.
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S. 3534, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3534/.
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[S. 3534: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to locate and recover certain assets of the United States Government.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3534/)
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