115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to revise the membership of Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.
January 10, 2018
Mr. Williams introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to revise the membership of Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “FOMC Representation Improvement Act”.
SEC. 2. Membership of Federal Open Market Committee.
Section 12A(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 263(a)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking “five representatives of the Federal Reserve banks to be selected as hereinafter provided” and inserting “one representative from each of the Federal Reserve banks”;
(2) in the second sentence, by striking “and, beginning” and all that follows through “San Francisco”; and
(3) by striking the third and fourth sentences.