United States · Bill · S
S. 229 (107th)
Interest on Business Checking Act of 2001
Introduced
31 January 2001
Last action
31 January 2001 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], John Reed, Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]
Subjects
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Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Interest on Business Checking Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to: (1) provide that a depository institution may permit owners of interest or dividend paying accounts to make up to 24 transfers monthly for any purpose to their other demand deposits in the same institution; and (2) repeal the proscription against the payment of interest on demand deposits. Prescribes conditions for interest payments on escrow accounts. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require a Federal reserve bank to pay interest at least quarterly on any balance maintained by a depository institution at the reserve bank to meet its reserve requirements.
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Timeline
31 January 2001
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
31 January 2001
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 31 January 2001 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 January 2001
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 January 2001
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 31 January 2001
Sponsors
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
- John Reed · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/229
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/229
- us · 107-s-229 · source updated 19 August 2025