HR 3404 · 96th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector
A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to authorize Federal reserve banks to lend certain obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury to meet the short-term cash requirements of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee✓
House Vote✓
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EnactedLatest: Public Law 96-18.(1979-06-08)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1979-05-23
Yea 316Nay 75
PassedHouse · 1979-05-23
Yea 316Nay 75
FailedHouse · 1979-05-07
Yea 175Nay 195
PassedHouse · 1979-05-07
Yea 175Nay 195
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Federal Reserve Act to empower every Federal Reserve bank to buy and sell in the open market, under the direction and regulation of the Federal Open Market Committee, any obligation which is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States as well as any agency of the United States. Authorizes the banks to lend such obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury under the direction and regulations of the Federal Open Market Committee. Stipulates that such purchases or sales of obligations directly from the United States must be in unusual and exigent circumstances and authorized by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Requires that the Board of Governors include in their annual report to the Congress detailed information with respect to such direct purchases. Limits the aggregate amount of obligations directly acquired from or loaned to the United States at any one time by the twelve Federal Reserve banks to $15,000,000,000. Authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow from, or sell to, any Federal Reserve bank any such obligation in the open market for the purpose of meeting the short-term cash needs of t…
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