HR 4756
115th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Federal Reserve Blackout Improvement Act
Introduced: January 10, 2018
Introduced by:
Tenney, Claudia
Republican
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 10, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 10, 2018
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Prior to Referral.
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Reserve Blackout Improvement Act
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to restrict the types of public communications that Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members and staff may make regarding financial developments or monetary policy during a "blackout period" (i.e., a period extending from approximately one week before an FOMC meeting to approximately one day afterwards).
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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