United States · Bill · S
S. 16 (115th)
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
Introduced
3 January 2017
Last action
3 January 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 January 2026
Summary
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications among Federal Reserve officers, board members, and employees regarding any of these matters.
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Timeline
3 January 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
3 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 3 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2019
- related to ← Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/16
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/16
- us · 115-s-16 · source updated 14 January 2026