# News

This section contains official press releases for  U.S. Savings Bonds, marketable and non-marketable securities sold to the general public, financial professionals, and state and local governments, with links to archives for releases back to 1996.

## 2024

### September  2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Vermont Affected by Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Yakama Reservation Affected by Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Wildfires; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Georgia Affected by Tropical Storm Debby; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Connecticut Affected by Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Illinois Affected by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Francine; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Pennsylvania Affected by Tropical Storm Debby; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for August  2024

### August  2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Vermont Affected by Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in South Dakota Affected by Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Debby; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for July 2024
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Minnesota Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived

### July  2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in  Missouri Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Kentucky Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Texas Affected by Hurricane Beryl; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in West Virginia Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for June 2024

### June 2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Iowa Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Oklahoma Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in New Mexico Affected by Fire and Salt Fire; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Mississippi Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Launches Interactive Guide to Savings Bonds 
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for May 2024
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Arkansas Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived

### May 2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Iowa Affected by Severe Storms; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in West Virginia Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Kentucky Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Texas Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Massachusetts Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Iowa Affected by Severe Storms and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Nebraska Affected by Severe Storms, Straight Line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for April  2024
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Oklahoma Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Ohio Affected by Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 4.28%, Series EE to Earn 2.70% 

### April 2024

        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for March 2024

### March 2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Rhode Island Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Maine Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alaska Affected by Severe Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 2024
        - Treasury has published an updated rule governing State and Local Government Series Securities

### February 2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Washington Affected by Wildfires; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in California Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Michigan Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for January 2024
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Maine Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in West Virginia Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived

### January 2024

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Rhode Island Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for December 2023

## 2023

### December 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee Affected by Severe Storms and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for November 2023

### November 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Illinois Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for October 2023
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 5.27%, Series EE to Earn 2.70%

### October 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Idalia; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Georgia Affected by Hurricane Idalia; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for September 2023

### September 2023

        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for August 2023

### August 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alaska Affected by Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Illinois Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Mississippi Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Hawaii Affected by Wildfires; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for July 2023

### July 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Vermont Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for June 2023

### June 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in California Affected by Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for May 2023
        - Treasury Resumes Sales of State and Local Government Series Securities 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in the  Hoopa Valley Tribe Affected by Severe Winter Storms and Mudslides;One-year minimum holding period waived 

### May 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Guam Affected by Typhoon Mawar; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Treasury and Veterans Affairs Remind Veterans This Memorial Day to Visit TreasuryHunt.gov to Find and Redeem Their Matured Savings Bonds
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Oklahoma Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for April  2023
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Treasury to Suspend Sales of State and Local Government Series Securities
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 4.30%, Series EE to Earn 2.50% 

### April 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Indiana for Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee for Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for March 2023
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Arkansas for Severe Storms and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived

### March 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Mississippi for Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in New York for Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 2023

### February 2023

        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for January 2023
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Georgia Affected by Severe Weather; One-year minimum holding period waived

### January 2023

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alabama Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in California Affected by Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for December 2022

## 2022

### December 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Nicole; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for November 2022

### November 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in South Carolina Affected by Hurricane Ian; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Treasury Seeking Comments on State and Local Government Series (SLGS) Securities Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for October 2022
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 6.89%, Series EE to Earn 2.10% 

### October 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Illinois Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for September 2022
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Ian; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners with the Seminole Tribe of Florida; One-year minimum holding period waived

### September 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alaska Affected by Severe Storm, Flooding and Landslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Puerto Rico Affected by Hurricane Fiona; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Kentucky Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived 
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in the Salt River Pima – Maricopa Indian Community Affected by Severe Storms; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for August 2022

### August 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Missouri Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for July 2022

### July 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Montana Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Oklahoma Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for June 2022

### June 2022

        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for May 2022

### May 2022

        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for April 2022
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 9.62%, Series EE to Earn 0.10%
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in New Mexico Affected by Wildfires and Straight-line Winds; One-year minimum holding period waived

### April 2022

        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for March 2022

### March 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Puerto Rico Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 2022

### February 2022

        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for January 2022

### January 2022

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for December 2021
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Colorado Affected by Wildfires and Straight-line Winds; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Washington Affected by Flooding and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived

## 2021

### December 2021

        - Treasury Resumes Sales of State and Local Government Series Securities
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for November 2021
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Kentucky Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alabama Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Arkansas Affected by Severe Storms and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Connecticut Affected by Hurricane Ida; One-year minimum holding period waived

### November 2021

        - Treasury Reminds Veterans to Redeem their Matured U.S. Savings Bonds; Veterans - You May Have Matured Savings Bonds. U.S. Treasury Wants to Help You Redeem Them
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for October 2021
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates Series I to Earn 7.12%, Series EE to Earn 0.10%

### October 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Ida; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for September 2021

### September 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in California Affected by Wildfires; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in North Carolina Affected by Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Pennsylvania Affected by Remnants of Hurricane Ida; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in New York and New Jersey Affected by Remnants of Hurricane Ida; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Ida; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for August 2021

### August 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee Affected by Severe Storm and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for July 2021

### July 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Michigan Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Treasury to Suspend Sales of State and Local Government Series Securities
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for June 2021

### June 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in West Virginia Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Louisiana Affected by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for May 2021

### May 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee Affected by Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for April 2021
        - Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates Series I to Earn 3.54%, Series EE to Earn 0.10%

### April 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Kentucky Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for March 2021

### March 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Louisiana Affected by Severe Winter Storms; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 2021

### February 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Oklahoma Affected by Severe Winter Storms; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Texas Affected by Severe Winter Storms; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for January 2021

### January 2021

        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Zeta; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alabama Affected by Hurricane Zeta; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Zeta; One-year minimum holding period waived
        - Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for December 2020

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### Features (for the Media)

Series HH Savings Bonds will be Discontinued in August (Word file, 31k, uploaded 4/19/2004)