‘‘containing— 
‘‘(1) a discussion’’; 
(2) by striking the period and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the results of the evaluation process con-
ducted pursuant to section 2A(b)(2)(B); 
‘‘(3) a determination of whether the goal of 
long-term price stability is being met and, if such 
goal is not being met, an explanation of why the goal 
is not being met and the steps that the Board and 
the Federal Open Market Committee will take to en-
sure that the goal is met in the future; and 
‘‘(4) a description of the main monetary policy 
instruments used by the Board and the Federal 
Open Market Committee and a description of the 
strategy of the Board and the Committee with re-
spect to using such instruments to achieve the goal 
of long-term price stability.’’. 
TITLE II—FINANCIAL STABILITY 
AND MORAL HAZARD MITIGA-
TION ACT 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Federal Reserve performs an essential 
function for financial stability by serving as lender 
of last resort in order to— 
(A) prevent the unnecessary failures of 
otherwise solvent United States banks and 
other financial institutions; 
(B) reduce the likelihood of financial con-
tagion and disruptions in United States finan-
cial markets; and 
(C) minimize any adverse effects on real 
output and employment in the United States 
economy. 
(2) In acting as the lender of last resort, the 
Federal Reserve, may— 
(A) buy debt securities at fair market 
value; or 
(B) provide short-term credit, secured by 
appropriate collateral in proper margin, to oth-
erwise solvent banks and other financial institu-
tions that encounter funding difficulties during 
a financial crisis. 
(3) Nevertheless, in its nearly 100-year history, 
the Federal Reserve has never clearly articulated its 
lender-of-last-resort policy. 
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(4) The absence of an official lender-of-last-re-
sort policy has led to— 
(A) increased economic uncertainty be-
cause no one knows with certainty how the Fed-
eral Reserve may behave; 
(B) financially distressed firms seeking po-
litical solutions in the form of pressure from 
Congress or the Administration being placed on 
the Federal Reserve to act to save them; and 
(C) a moral hazard problem from financial 
institutions taking greater risks and increasing 
leverage based upon assumptions of how the 
Federal Reserve will act, though there is no for-
mal statement assuring how the Federal Re-
serve will act. 
(5) By establishing a formal lender-of-last-re-
sort policy, the Federal Reserve would decrease un-
certainty in the market during times of financial cri-
sis and mitigate the moral hazards created by recent 
bailouts. 
(6) An official lender-of-last-resort policy should 
provide that once a financial crisis has dissipated, 
the Federal Reserve should, in an orderly way, sell 
any debt securities that— 
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(A) the Federal Reserve acquired acting as 
lender of last resort; and 
(B) the Federal Reserve does not normally 
own for its System Account. 
(7) Further, to reduce moral hazard, the Fed-
eral Reserve’s lender-of-last-resort policy should 
make clear that credit in any form will not be pro-
vided to insolvent banks or other financial institu-
tion. 
SEC. 202. LENDER-OF-LAST-RESORT POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the 1- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall clearly articulate the Board’s lender-of-last-re-
sort policy. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In articulating the policy re-
quired under subsection (a), the Board of Governors shall 
consult with— 
(1) the Federal Reserve bank presidents; 
(2) the Comptroller of the Currency; 
(3) the Chairperson of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Corporation; 
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission; 
(5) the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion; and 
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(6) such other persons with expertise in finan-
cial services regulation and monetary policy as the 
Board of Governors may determine appropriate. 
TITLE 
III—DIVERSIFYING 
THE 
FEDERAL 
OPEN 
MARKET 
COMMITTEE TO REFLECT A 
21ST CENTURY ECONOMY ACT 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Reserve Act delineates specific 
requirements for the seven governors charged with 
oversight of the Federal Reserve System. 
(2) In a reflection of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem’s decentralized structure that broadly distrib-
utes power and responsibility across the Nation, the 
Act mandates that the presidentially appointed gov-
ernors come from a wide range of geographic loca-
tions and professional backgrounds. Specifically, the 
first undesignated paragraph under section 10 of the 
Federal Reserve Act states that ‘‘In selecting the 
members of the Board, not more than one of whom 
shall be selected from any one Federal Reserve Dis-
trict, the President shall have due regard to a fair 
representation of the financial, agricultural, indus-
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trial, and commercial interests and geographical di-
visions of the country.’’. 
(3) The Federal Open Monetary Committee 
consists of members of the Board of Governors and 
the President or Vice President of the Federal Re-
serve Bank of New York on a permanent basis and 
rotates voting membership among the remaining Re-
gional Reserve Banks. 
(4) The existing structure of the Federal Open 
Market Committee places too much authority in the 
hands of Washington and New York at the expense 
of the remainder of the United States. 
(5) Monetary policy should be conducted in the 
interest of all Americans and that policy goal is best 
achieved by a Federal Open Market Committee that 
provides greater representation and voice in policy 
decisions to the entire Nation as represented by the 
Regional Reserve Banks. This objective is best 
achieved by reforming the voting membership of the 
Federal Open Market Committee to include all Re-
gional Reserve Banks on a permanent basis. 
SEC. 302. FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE MEMBER-
SHIP. 
Section 12A(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
U.S.C. 263(a)) is amended— 
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TITLE IV—DEMYSTIFICATION OF 
MONETARY 
POLICY 
DECI-
SIONS ACT 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) A more efficient release of transcripts from 
the Federal Reserve would result in better guidance 
for market participants, and hence more economi-
cally efficient decisionmaking. 
(2) According to Federal Reserve Chairman 
Ben Bernanke, ‘‘when the monetary policy com-
mittee regularly provides information about objec-
tives, economic outlook, and policy plans, two bene-
fits result: (1) markets will price assets more effi-
ciently, and (2) a closer alignment between market 
participants’ expectations about the course of future 
short-term interest rates and’’ the views of policy-
makers. 
(3) The Federal Reserve is able to release tran-
scripts more efficiently without compromising their 
decisionmaking process. 
SEC. 402. RELEASE OF TRANSCRIPTS. 
Section 12A(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
U.S.C. 263(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) RELEASE OF TRANSCRIPTS.—The Committee 
shall release meeting transcripts to the public not later 
than the end of the 3-year period following each meeting.’’. 
TITLE V—EXCHANGE RATE 
RESPONSIBILITY ACT 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System and the Federal Open Market Com-
mittee exercise control over the supply of U.S. dol-
lars, which is a major factor affecting the foreign ex-
change rate value of the United States dollar. There-
fore, the Board of Governors and Federal Open 
Market Committee should report to Congress on the 
impact of monetary policy on the foreign exchange 
rate value of the United States dollar. 
(2) Over the last several decades, Secretaries of 
the Treasury have repeatedly used the Exchange 
Stabilization Fund for purposes that were not envi-
sioned by Congress. To prevent further abuses, the 
Exchange Stabilization Fund should be renamed as 
the Special Drawing Rights Fund. The Special 
Drawing Rights Fund should hold the Special Draw-
ing Rights that the International Monetary Fund 
provided to the United States. Any other assets cur-
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rently in the Exchange Stabilization Fund should be 
liquidated, and the proceeds used to reduce the pub-
lic debt. 
SEC. 502. REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE 
POLICY. 
Section 2B(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amend-
ed by section 102(b), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) an analysis of how the policies of the 
Board and the Federal Open Market Committee are 
affecting the foreign exchange rate value of the 
United States dollar.’’. 
SEC. 503. RENAMING OF EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5302 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘stabilization fund’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Special 
Drawing Rights Fund’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEF-
ICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Exchange Stabilization Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Special Drawing Rights Fund’’. 
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(2) EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT 
OF
2008.—The Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 131, by striking ‘‘Exchange 
Stabilization Fund’’ each place such term ap-
pears in headings and text and inserting ‘‘Spe-
cial Drawing Rights Fund’’; and 
(B) in the item relating to section 131 in 
the table of contents of such Act, by striking 
‘‘Exchange Stabilization Fund’’ and inserting 
‘‘Special Drawing Rights Fund’’. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
ACT.—Section 1704 of the International Financial 
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r–3) is amended by 
striking ‘‘stabilization fund’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘Special Drawing Rights 
Fund’’. 
(4) SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS ACT.—The Spe-
cial Drawing Rights Act (22 U.S.C. 286n et seq.) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Exchange Stabilization Fund’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Special 
Drawing Rights Fund’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-
tion, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the ‘‘Exchange Stabilization Fund’’ shall be 
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deemed a reference to the ‘‘Special Drawing Rights 
Fund’’. 
SEC. 504. CONVERSION TO ALL-SDR FUND. 
(a) FUNDS USED TO REDUCE THE DEBT.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall liquidate all property in the 
Special Drawing Rights Fund (as so renamed under sec-
tion 503), other than Special Drawing Rights, and use all 
such amounts to reduce the public debt. 
(b) LIMITATION ON FUND.—Section 5302 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘is available to carry out’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is only available to carry out’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and for investing in obli-
gations of the United States Government those 
amounts in the fund the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, with the approval of the President, decides 
are not required at the time to carry out this 
section. Proceeds of sales and investments, 
earnings, and interest shall be paid into the 
fund and are available to carry out this section. 
However, the fund is not available to pay ad-
ministrative expenses’’; and 
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(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) FUND ONLY TO HOLD SPECIAL DRAWING 
RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
only Special Drawing Rights may be deposited into the 
Special Drawing Rights Fund.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENTS ACT.—Sec-
tion 18 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 
U.S.C. 286e–3) is hereby repealed. 
(2) SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY 
(SEED) ACT OF 1989.—The Support for East Euro-
pean Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
5401 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 101(b)(1), by striking ‘‘such 
as—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘such as the au-
thority provided in section 102(c) of this Act.’’; 
and 
(B) in section 102(a), by striking ‘‘section 
101(b)—’’ and all that follows through the end 
of the subsection and inserting ‘‘section 101(b), 
should work closely with the European Commu-
nity and international financial institutions to 
determine the extent of emergency assistance 
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required by Poland for the fourth quarter of 
1989.’’. 
(d) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Funds that 
would otherwise have been deposited into the Special 
Drawing Rights Fund (as so renamed under subsection 
(a)), but for the amendments made by this section, shall 
instead be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall use such funds to reduce 
the public debt. 
(e) WIND DOWN PERIOD
FOR CERTAIN TRANS-
ACTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, during the 3-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, property other than Special 
Drawing Rights may be deposited, and maintained, in the 
Special Drawing Rights Fund as needed to fulfill any out-
standing obligations on the Fund. 
TITLE VI—CREDIT ALLOCATION 
NEUTRALITY ACT 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) In conducting open market operations, the 
Federal Open Market Committee should not allocate 
credit among households, firms, and sectors of the 
United States economy. 
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(2) To assure the credit allocation neutrality of 
open market operations among households, firms, 
and sectors of the United States economy, the Fed-
eral Open Market Committee should conduct open 
market operations in United States Government se-
curities, and repurchase and reverse repurchase 
agreements that have a term of 1 year or less, ex-
cept in unusual and exigent circumstances. 
SEC. 602. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN NON-EMERGENCY SECU-
RITY PURCHASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Reserve Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 12A, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) EMERGENCY PURCHASING AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In unusual and exigent cir-
cumstances, the Committee, by the affirmative vote 
of at least 2⁄3 of the members of the Committee, may 
authorize any Federal reserve bank, during such pe-
riod as the Committee may determine— 
‘‘(A) to buy and sell, at home or abroad, 
bills, notes, revenue bonds, and warrants with a 
maturity from date of purchase of not exceed-
ing six months, issued in anticipation of the col-
lection of taxes or in anticipation of the receipt 
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of assured revenues by any State, county, dis-
trict, political subdivision, or municipality in the 
continental United States, including irrigation, 
drainage and reclamation districts, and obliga-
tions of, or fully guaranteed as to principal and 
interest by, a foreign government or agency 
thereof; and 
‘‘(B) to buy and sell in the open market, 
under the direction and regulations of the Com-
mittee, any obligation which is a direct obliga-
tion of, or fully guaranteed as to principal and 
interest by, any agency of the United States. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM HOLDING PERIOD.—Any bond, 
bill, note, revenue bond, warrant, or other obligation 
purchased by a Federal reserve bank pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be disposed of before the end of 
the 5-year period beginning on the end of the period 
determined by the Committee under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Committee shall provide to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives, not later 
than 7 days after the Committee makes an author-
ization under this subsection, a report that in-
cludes— 
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‘‘(A) the justification for the exercise of 
authority to provide; 
‘‘(B) the identity of the person to or from 
which purchases or sales were made; 
‘‘(C) the date and amount of the purchases 
or sales; and 
‘‘(D) the material terms of the purchases 
or sales.’’; and 
(2) in section 14(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘bonds 
issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of 
section 4 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 
1933, as amended, and having maturities from 
date of purchase of not exceeding six months, 
and bills, notes, revenue bonds, and warrants 
with a maturity from date of purchase of not 
exceeding six months, issued in anticipation of 
the collection of taxes or in anticipation of the 
receipt of assured revenues by any State, coun-
ty, district, political subdivision, or municipality 
in the continental United States, including irri-
gation, drainage and reclamation districts, and 
obligations of, or fully guaranteed as to prin-
cipal and interest by, a foreign government or 
agency thereof,’’; and 
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(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) To enter into security repurchase agreements 
and reverse repurchase agreements that have a term of 
1 year or less, in accordance with rules and regulations 
prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System.’’. 
(b) TRANSITION PROVISION.—Each Federal reserve 
bank that holds bonds, bills, notes, revenue bonds, war-
rants, or other obligations purchased under the authority 
granted by a provision struck under subsection (a)(2) shall 
dispose of such obligations not later than the end of the 
5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
TITLE 
VII—BUREAU 
OF 
CON-
SUMER FINANCIAL PROTEC-
TION FUNDING ACT 
SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) As our Nation’s central bank, the Federal 
Reserve conducts United States monetary policy and 
necessarily exercises broad oversight responsibility to 
ensure the safety, soundness, and smooth func-
tioning of the Nation’s banking and payments sys-
tems. 
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