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SRES 209 97th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Federal Reserve System Government Operations and Politics

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful deference to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act, requiring broad regional and economic representation on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their consideration of nominees to the Board.

Introduced: September 11, 1981 See on congress.gov
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Dec 7, 1981
Committee on Banking. Hearings held.
Sep 11, 1981
Referred to Senate Committee on Banking.
Sep 11, 1981
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the President of the United States, the Senate and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should assure that the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act providing for agricultural, commercial, and broad regional representation on the Board of Governors are followed.

What's happening now December 7, 1981

Committee on Banking. Hearings held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 10, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 209: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful deference to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act, requiring broad regional and economic representation on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their consideration of nominees to the Board.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SRES-209/
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"S. Res. 209: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful deference to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act, requiring broad regional and economic representation on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their consideration of nominees to the Board.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SRES-209/.
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S. Res. 209, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SRES-209/.
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[S. Res. 209: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful deference to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act, requiring broad regional and economic representation on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their consideration of nominees to the Board.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SRES-209/)
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