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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HILL of Arkansas:H.R. 8984.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H7228]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill limits the types of securities that the Federal Reserve Board may acquire&nbsp;in the open market&nbsp;to&nbsp;gold stock; currency; and direct obligations of the United States, foreign banks, or&nbsp;the International Monetary Fund. The board must exchange all other assets with the Department of the Treasury for direct U.S. obligations of equivalent value. </p>]]></text>
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        <title>To ensure that the operations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System remain independent from the credit policy of the United States, and for other purposes.</title>
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