[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3349]
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SA 2354. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2307 proposed by Mr. Hagerty (for himself and Mrs.
Gillibrand) to the bill S. 1582, to provide for the regulation of
payment stablecoins, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. AUDIT REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 714 of title 31,
United States Code, or any other provision of law, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall complete an
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and the Federal reserve banks under subsection (b) of that
section not later than 12 months after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the audit required pursuant to subsection (a) is
completed, the Comptroller General of the United States--
(A) shall submit to Congress a report on the audit; and
(B) shall make the report described in subparagraph (A)
available to the Speaker of the House, the majority and
minority leaders of the House of Representatives, the
majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the Chair and
Ranking Member of the committee and each subcommittee of
jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate,
and any other Member of Congress who requests the report.
(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include a detailed description of the findings and
conclusion of the Comptroller General of the United States
with respect to the audit that is the subject of the report,
together with such recommendations for legislative or
administrative action as the Comptroller General of the
United States may determine to be appropriate.
(c) Repeal of Certain Limitations.--Subsection (b) of
section 714 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking the second sentence.
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Section 714 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``or (f)'' each place
the term appears;
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``the third undesignated
paragraph of section 13'' and inserting ``section 13(3)'';
and
(C) by striking subsection (f).
(2) Federal reserve act.--Subsection (s) (relating to
``Federal Reserve Transparency and Release of Information'')
of section 11 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 248) is
amended--
(A) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``has the same meaning
as in section 714(f)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code''
and inserting ``means a program or facility, including any
special purpose vehicle or other entity established by or on
behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or a Federal reserve bank, authorized by the Board of
Governors under section 13(3), that is not subject to audit
under section 714(e) of title 31, United States Code'';
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or in section
714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, United States Code, the information
described in paragraph (1) and information concerning the
transactions described in section 714(f) of such title,'' and
inserting ``the information described in paragraph (1)''; and
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and section 13(3)(C),
section 714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, United States Code, and''
and inserting ``, section 13(3)(C), and''.
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