A bill to require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress, 2017–2019
This bill was introduced on January 3, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.
H.R. 24
(same title)
Ordered Reported — Mar 28, 2017
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Dr. Rand Paul to Introduce ‘Audit the Fed’ as Amendment to Senate Banking Bill”
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Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
(Sponsor)
on Mar 5, 2018
“Wyden, Paul, Welch, Sensenbrenner Introduce Legislation to Increase Transparency of Intelligence Spending”
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Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
on Mar 23, 2018
“Duckworths Bipartisan Bill to Support Illinois Jobs Passes Both Chambers”
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
on Apr 27, 2017
History
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Jan 26, 2011
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 202 (112th). |
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Jan 27, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 264 (114th). |
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Jan 12, 2016
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Earlier Version —
Failed Cloture in the Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2232 (114th). |
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Jan 3, 2017
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jan 16, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 148. |
S. 16 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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