I am topping off JW's added, thank You, JW.
S. 2232 (114th): Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 would have opened up the Federal Reserve System to a more complete audit. The bill, long advocated for by its sponsor Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), was rejected by a vote of 53–44, with most Republicans voting in favor and most Democrats voting against. Sixty ...
JAN 26, 2011
Earlier Version — Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 202 (112th).
NOV 3, 2015
Introduced
This is the first step in the legislative process.
NOV 4, 2015
Ordered Reported by Committee
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.
JAN 12, 2016
Failed Cloture in the Senate
The Senate must often vote to end debate before voting on a bill, called a cloture vote. The vote on cloture failed. This is often considered a filibuster. The Senate may try again.
JAN 3, 2017
Reintroduced Bill — Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 16.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2232
All above is the Origin, which began 2011, revisions and resubmits
this to be present day, forwarded to become ...... ta dah
S. 16: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
Overview: 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.
SUMMARY: The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Jan 3, 2017.
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks.
In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications among Federal Reserve officers, board members, and employees regarding any of these matters.
Status: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s16/details
S. 16: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
11 cosponsors (11R) (show)
Committee Assignments: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee chairs determine whether a bill will move past the committee stage.
Votes
There have been no roll call votes related to this bill.
Related Bills
Legislative action may be ocurring on one of these bills in lieu of or in parallel to action on this bill.
S. 2232: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
S. 2232 (114th) was a previous version of this bill.
Failed Cloture Last Action: Jan 12, 2016, it's hanging, its' not dead.
H.R. 24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
WHO IS the Committee associated to the passing of this Bill
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/SSBK - the Dems/Reps shown
http://banking.senate.gov/ this for further reading, tossed in on the same
page as WHO is the committee.
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chairman: Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]
Ranking Member: Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Republicans: 10
Democrats: 10
The chairman is always selected from the majority party and the ranking member is the most senior member of the minority party. The majority party ensures it has a majority on every committee.
Elizabeth Cherokee Warren on the committee, she Hates the Donald.
This is passed, Interesting to see this direction " working" the cowards not running away, being
the big bad Fed Reserve isn't of power, over the people, the government can " fix" this debacle done to the People in 1913, the big dupe, that altered our commerce since.
The Status is, it's passed the committee.
all is go, the last, is for it to be signed by President, this to become law. Donald J. Trump sig, Not Osama.
info: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr79/summary
H.R. 79: HALOS Act
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Jan 10, 2017.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act or the HALOS Act
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Regulation D, which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements but prohibits general solicitation or general advertising with respect to such offerings. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply to events with specified kinds of sponsors -- including "angel investor groups" unconnected to broker-dealers or investment advisers -- where presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer, but: the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities by the issuer; the sponsor does not provide investment recommendation or advice to attendees, engage in investment negotiations with attendees, charge certain fees, or receive certain compensation; and no specific information regarding a securities offering is communicated beyond the type and amount of securities being offered, the amount of securities already subscribed for, and the intended use of proceeds from the offering.