Legal and Regulatory:
Pending Legislation of Interest
Select
these sites for pending legislation related to banks and
banking.
The
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial
Services is responsible
for:
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Banks
and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal monetary
policy, Economic
Stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and control of the price
of commodities, rents, and services, Financial
aid to commerce and industry (other than transportation), Insurance
generally, International finance, International financial and
monetary organizations, Money and credit, including currency and the
issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the
coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar, Public and
private housing, Securities and exchanges, and |
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Urban development. |
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The
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs has jurisdiction over
Banks,
banking, and financial institutions,
Control
of prices of commodities, rents and services,
Deposit
insurance,
Economic
stabilization and defense production,
Export
and foreign trade promotion,
Export
controls,
Federal
monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System,
Financial
aid to commerce and industry,
Issuance
and redemption of notes,
Money
and credit, including currency and coinage,
Nursing
home construction,
Public
and private housing (including veterans housing),
Renegotiation
of Government contracts, and
Urban
development and urban mass transit.
The Committee also studies and reviews on a comprehensive
basis, matters relating to international economic policy as it affects
United States monetary affairs, credit, and financial institutions;
economic growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time
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