(I) by striking ‘‘his’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘he’’ and insert-
ing a comma; and 
(iii) in the fifth sentence, by striking 
‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the chair’’; and 
(F) in the twenty-first undesignated para-
graph, by striking ‘‘his’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘the agent’s’’; 
(5) in section 6, in the second undesignated 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Comptroller of the Currency’’; 
(6) in section 9A(c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the participant’’; 
(7) in section 10— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘the member’’; 
(B) in the second undesignated paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’; 
and 
(C) in the fourth undesignated para-
graph— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the chair’s’’;
(ii) in the fifth sentence, by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’; and 
(iii) in the sixth sentence, by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’; 
(8) in section 12, by striking ‘‘his’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the member’s’’; 
(9) in section 13, in the tenth undesignated 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
assured’s’’; 
(10) in section 16— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘the agent’’; 
(B) in the seventh undesignated para-
graph— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting 
‘‘the agent’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘himself’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the agent’’; 
(C) in the tenth undesignated paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary’s’’; and 
(D) in the fifteenth undesignated para-
graph, by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
agent’s’’;
(11) in section 18, in the eighth undesignated 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of the Treasury’’; 
(12) in section 22— 
(A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the director’s or officer’s’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘him’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the officer’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘he’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the officer’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘him as his’’ and inserting ‘‘the officer as 
the officer’s’’; and 
(13) in section 25A— 
(A) in the twelfth undesignated para-
graph— 
(i) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘the member’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting 
‘‘the member’s’’;
(B) in the fourteenth undesignated para-
graph, by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the di-
rector’s or officer’s’’; and 
(C) in the twenty-second undesignated 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘his’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘such individual’s’’. 
(j) FEDERAL RESERVE REFORM ACT OF 1977.—Sec-
tion 204(b) of the Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 
(12 U.S.C. 242 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman 
or Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Chair or Vice Chair of the Board of Governors’’. 
(k) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, 
AND ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1989.—The Financial Insti-
tutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
is amended— 
(1) in section 308 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’; 
(2) in section 1001(a) (12 U.S.C. 1811 note), 
by striking ‘‘Chairman of the Board of Governors’’
and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’; 
and 
(3) in section 1205(b)(1)(A) (12 U.S.C. 1818 
note)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Chairman of the Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Board 
of Governors’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Chairman’s’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Chair’s’’. 
(l) FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT
OF 
2008.—Section 13106(a) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Chairman of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’. 
(m) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 
OF 1992.—Section 1313(a)(3) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4513(a)(3)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CHAIRMAN’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CHAIR’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Chairman of the Board of Gov-
ernors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Gov-
ernors’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Chairman regarding’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chair regarding’’.
of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the 
Board of Governors’’. 
(s) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.—Section 
17A(f)(4)(C) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78q–1(f)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman 
of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the 
Board of Governors’’. 
(t) TITLE 31.—Title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1344(b)(7), by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’; and 
(2) in section 5318A, by striking ‘‘Chairman of 
the Board of Governors’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Gov-
ernors’’. 
(u) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 163(b)(3) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213(b)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Chairman of the Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’. 
(v) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in a law, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 281 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Fed-
eral Reserve banks to interview at least one indi-
vidual reflective of gender diversity and one indi-
vidual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when 
appointing Federal Reserve bank presidents, and 
for other purposes.