[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2132 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2132

 To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from using surplus funds to 
make any investment in securities, other than government and municipal 
                              securities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2001

  Mr. Reynolds (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
 Sessions, Mr. Sununu, and Mr. Toomey) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from using surplus funds to 
make any investment in securities, other than government and municipal 
                              securities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Private Economy Protection Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USING FEDERAL SURPLUS FUNDS TO INVEST IN PRIVATE 
              SECURITIES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Treasury may not use surplus funds to make any investment in securities 
(within the meaning of the securities laws of the United States) other 
than government and municipal securities. For purposes of the preceding 
sentence, the term `surplus' shall have the meaning given to such term 
by section 3(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
622(7)).
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