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<title>Monetary Policy Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr4270v79" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-04-27">
<action-date>2018-04-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Monetary Policy Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Federal Open Market Committee to annually publish its monetary policy strategy. The strategy must include short-term interest-rate targets, open-market operations, and earnings on Federal Reserve bank balances. The Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee is required to report on such strategy semiannually. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hr4270v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-02-20">
<action-date>2017-11-07</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Monetary Policy Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Federal Open Market Committee to annually publish its monetary policy strategy. The strategy must include short-term interest-rate targets, open-market operations, and earnings on Federal Reserve bank balances. The Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee is required to report on such strategy semiannually. </p>]]></summary-text>
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