MONEY

Amendments

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S10546, S10593 [13OC], S11651 [6DE], H10872, H10873 [25OC]

Articles and editorials

Austria Escapes Censure by Ending Secret Accounts, H4612 [19JN]

Bankers Assail Mint for Deal With Wal-Mart, S599 [10FE]

Time To Consider Reviving the Assay Commission, E246 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: remove the notification requirement applicable to acquisitions of certain voting securities and assets and modify filing fees (see H.R. 4194), H1851 [5AP]

Consumers: prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 4812), H5736 [10JY]

Crime: combat international money laundering (see H.R. 3886), H920 [9MR]

———combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 2972), S7839 [27JY]

———combat money laundering (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority of the U.S. Mint to produce numismatic coins (see H.R. 5273), H8061 [25SE]

———establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5010), H7206 [27JY]

———produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (see H.R. 4096), H1476 [28MR]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 3899), H921 [9MR]

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering: support for the task force and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering (see H. Res. 495), H2606 [4MY]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 4584), H3924 [6JN]

Foreign investments: authorize transaction taxes on short-term cross-border foreign exchange transactions to deter speculation (see H. Con. Res. 301), H2122 [11AP]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (see H. Con. Res. 312), H2339 [13AP]

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3866), H756 [8MR]

Letters

Distribution of $1 coins to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Senator Murkowski, S599 [10FE]

Messages

National Money Laundering Strategy: President Clinton, S1314 [8MR], H753 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Crime: combat international money laundering (H.R. 3886), H4612, H4613 [19JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority of the U.S. Mint to produce numismatic coins (H.R. 5273), H8191 [26SE]

———combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6634, H6635 [20JY]

———establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 5010), H7672-H7676 [18SE]

———include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (H.R. 903), E652 [4MY]

———produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (H.R. 4096), H7677-H7679 [18SE]

———tribute to Sacajawea dollar coin, H1658 [3AP]

———use of George Washington's image in U.S. Mint advertising campaign, H1421 [28MR]

Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H11866 [13NO]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (H.R. 3899), E266 [9MR]

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering: support for the task force and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering (H. Res. 495), H4610-H4613 [19JN]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

FRS: monetary policy, H9806 [11OC]

———promote accountability, H6450 [18JY]

Public debt: reduce by declaring Federal Reserve notes to be official currency enabling return of Treasury bonds and reduction of interest payments, H6360 [18JY], H8040 [25SE], H8894 [5OC]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), H5090-H5092 [26JN], H10872-H10874 [25OC]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (H. Con. Res. 312), H5179-H5181 [27JN]

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (H.R. 3866), E245 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 2972), S7886-S7888 [27JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority of the U.S. Mint to produce numismatic coins (H.R. 5273), S10934 [24OC]

———distribution of $1 coins to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S599 [10FE]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S7952 [27JY], S10546-S10550 [13OC], S11651-S11654 [6DE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Treasury Production of Certain Security Documents at the Request of Foreign Governments or States on a Reimbursable Basis: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4096) (H. Rept. 106-849), H7650 [14SE]

International Counter-Money Laundering Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3886) (H. Rept. 106-728), H5954 [12JY]

Nomination of Jay Johnson To Be Director of the U.S. Mint: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1315 [8MR]

Presidential Threat Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 106-669), H4219 [12JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 312, regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers, H5180 [27JN]

H. Res. 495, support the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering, H4610 [19JN]

H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat Protection Act, H5090 [26JN]

H.R. 4096, authorize the Dept. of the Treasury to produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis, H7677 [18SE]

H.R. 5010, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act, H7672 [18SE]

H.R. 5273, U.S. Mint Numismatic Coin Clarification Act, H8191 [26SE]