FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Articles and editorials

Bondland Botch, S9899 [24JY]

For Whom the Closing Bell Tolls, S10041-S10043 [28JY]

Greatest Theft in History, E1518 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions

Board of Governors: abolish (see H.R. 2778), H7085 [17JY]

Bretton Woods Agreement Act: sunset (see H.R. 2780), H7085 [17JY]

Economy: mandate price stability as the primary goal of the monetary policy of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2547), H5662 [19JN]

Federal Reserve Act: repeal (see H.R. 2778), H7085 [17JY]

Federal reserve banks: abolish (see H.R. 2778), H7085 [17JY]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see S. 553), S3252 [6MR] (see S. 1967), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 758), H698 [13FE]

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 859), H704 [13FE]

Government regulations: coverage of Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors by certain labor-management relation regulations (see H.R. 2171), H4367 [20MY]

Greenspan, Alan: tribute (see S. Res. 67), S2839 [26FE]

Housing: prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 3071), H8175 [10SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (see H.R. 2117), H4203 [15MY]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of currency (see H.R. 2777), H7085 [17JY]

———repeal statute designating U.S. coins, currency, and Federal reserve notes as legal tender (see H.R. 2779), H7085 [17JY]

Letters

Credit card issuers' prohibition from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer, H8155 [10SE]

FRS study on disclosure of ATM fees to consumers by financial institutions: several Senators, S13883 [4NO]

Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S14975 [18NO]

Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S13974 [5NO]

———several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]

Remarks in House

Board of Governors: abolish (H.R. 2778), E1518 [18JY]

Bretton Woods Agreement Act: sunset (H.R. 2780), E1520 [18JY]

Credit: allow adjustment of response time for requests for free credit reports whenever national credit bureaus experience a high volume of such requests, H8156, H8157 [10SE]

Economy: value of the dollar, H5448 [17JN]

Federal Reserve Act: repeal (H.R. 2778), E1518 [18JY]

Federal reserve banks: abolish (H.R. 2778), E1518 [18JY]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 758), H2527-H2533 [1AP]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, E1729 [5SE]

Housing: prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 3071), E1767 [11SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (H.R. 2117), E972 [15MY]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of currency (H.R. 2777), E1509 [18JY]

———repeal statute designating U.S. coins, currency, and Federal reserve notes as legal tender (H.R. 2779), E1516 [18JY]

Money supply: impact on economic conditions, H8003-H8009 [5SE]

Remarks in Senate

Board of Governors: ensure independence, S2751 [26FE]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (S. 1967), S16010 [25NO]

———study on disclosure of ATM fees, S13883 [4NO]

Greenspan, Alan: evaluation of policies, S10041 [28JY]

Interest rates: impact on economic conditions, S10891 [1AU], S13326 [28OC]

Power resources: impact of establishing a national energy policy on the economy, S7654 [11JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S13230 [24OC]

Securities: impact of bond market prices on economic conditions, S9899 [24JY]

Reports filed

Business Checking Freedom Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 758) (H. Rept. 108-53), H2514 [31MR]

Nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13133 [23OC]

Nomination of Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., To Be FRS Board of Governors Vice Chairman: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13133 [23OC]

Testimonies

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act, H2623 [2AP]

Natural Gas Supply Demand Issues, S13492, S13493 [29OC]

Texts of

H.R. 758, Business Checking Freedom Act, H2527-H2529 [1AP]

Impact of Iraqi War and Energy Markets on the Economy, S13494 [29OC]

S. 1967, Interest on Business Checking Act, S16010 [25NO]

S. Res. 67, tribute to Alan Greenspan, S2871 [26FE]