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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 24 (Reported in House) · Preamble

Preamble. To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the...

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To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. — Sponsor: Mr. Broun of Georgia — Cosponsors: Mr. Jones, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Michaud, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Camp, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Terry, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Coble, Mr. Radel, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Latta, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Amash, Mr.
Hanna, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lance, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Carter, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Walden, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Marino, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. King of Iowa, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Black, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Schock, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr.
Amodei, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Barton, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Long, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr.
Hunter, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Olson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Latham, Mr. Flores, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Welch, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Kline, Mr. Barr, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Paulsen, Mr.
DeSantis, Mr. Posey, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Grimm, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Massie, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sanford, Mr.
Daines, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Upton, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Harper, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Polis, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Valadao, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr.
Pittenger, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Ross, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. McAllister, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hall, Mr. Denham, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Cole, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Reed, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Cook, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr.
Gary G. Miller of California, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Petri, Mr. Williams, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Shimkus, Ms. Granger, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. Lofgren — Actions: January 3, 2013 — Mr. Broun of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned;
September 16, 2014 — Additional sponsors: Mr. Jones, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Michaud, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Camp, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Terry, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Coble, Mr. Radel, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Latta, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Amash, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lance, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Carter, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Walden, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr.
Farenthold, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Marino, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. King of Iowa, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Black, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Schock, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Barton, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Simpson, Mr.
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Long, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Olson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
LaMalfa, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Latham, Mr. Flores, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Welch, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Kline, Mr. Barr, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Posey, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr.
Meehan, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Grimm, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Massie, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Daines, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Upton, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr.
Guthrie, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Harper, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Polis, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Valadao, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Ross, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. McAllister, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hall, Mr. Denham, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr.
Visclosky, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Cole, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Reed, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Cook, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Petri, Mr. Williams, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Shimkus, Ms. Granger, Mrs. Walorski, and Ms. Lofgren; September 16, 2014 — Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an amendment; September 16, 2014 — The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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