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H.R.3046 / 106th Congress

Banking and Housing Agency Accountability Preservation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 7, 1999

Banking and Housing Agency Accountability Preservation Act - Makes a provision of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 which terminates on December 31, 1999, all reporting requirements included on a list prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the first session of the 103d Congress inapplicable to certain monetary policy, banking, and housing reporting requirements under specified Acts. Includes among the 42 exempted provisions requirements for the President's Economic Report, the annual report of the Council of Economic Advisers, and the semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins Report of the Federal Reserve.Amends the: (1) Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to eliminate certain activity and fiscal authority reporting requirements of the Export-Import Bank; and (2) Federal Deposit Insurance Act to eliminate the requirement for a semiannual report on activities and efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.Amends various Acts to require the following department or agency heads to include as part of their annual reports to Congress a required annual report to the President and Congress on their department or agency's program performance for the previous fiscal year: (1) the Comptroller of the Currency; (2) the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; (3) the Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (4) the Chairperson of the Federal Housing Finance Board; (5) the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; (6) the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration; and (7) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] · R–IA

Committees

  • Financial Services Committee
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
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Actions

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

  4. Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

  5. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  7. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  8. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3046.

  9. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10232-10235)

  10. Mrs. Kelly moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  11. Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

  12. Introduced in House

  13. Introduced in House

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