Ron Paul's Bill to abolish the Federal Reserve

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112TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1094
To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2011
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the
Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Reserve Board
5 Abolition Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD ABOLISHED.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective at the end of the 1-year
8 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
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1 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2 and each Federal reserve bank are hereby abolished.
3 (b) REPEAL OF FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.—Effective
4 at the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of
5 the enactment of this Act, the Federal Reserve Act is here6
by repealed.
7 (c) DISPOSITION OF AFFAIRS.—
8 (1) MANAGEMENT DURING DISSOLUTION PE9
RIOD.—During the 1-year period referred to in sub10
section (a), the Chairman of the Board of Governors
11 of the Federal Reserve System—
12 (A) shall, for the sole purpose of winding
13 up the affairs of the Board of Governors of the
14 Federal Reserve System and the Federal re15
serve banks—
16 (i) manage the employees of the
17 Board and each such bank and provide for
18 the payment of compensation and benefits
19 of any such employee which accrue before
20 the position of such employee is abolished;
21 and
22 (ii) manage the assets and liabilities
23 of the Board and each such bank until
24 such assets and liabilities are liquidated or
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1 assumed by the Secretary of the Treasury
2 in accordance with this subsection; and
3 (B) may take such other action as may be
4 necessary, subject to the approval of the Sec5
retary of the Treasury, to wind up the affairs
6 of the Board and the Federal reserve banks.
7 (2) LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS.—
8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of9
fice of Management and Budget shall liquidate
10 all assets of the Board and the Federal reserve
11 banks in an orderly manner so as to achieve as
12 expeditious a liquidation as may be practical
13 while maximizing the return to the Treasury.
14 (B) TRANSFER TO TREASURY.—After sat15
isfying all claims against the Board and any
16 Federal reserve bank which are accepted by the
17 Director of the Office of Management and
18 Budget and redeeming the stock of such banks,
19 the net proceeds of the liquidation under sub20
paragraph (A) shall be transferred to the Sec21
retary of the Treasury and deposited in the
22 General Fund of the Treasury.
23 (3) ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES.—All out24
standing liabilities of the Board of Governors of the
25 Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve
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1 banks at the time such entities are abolished, includ2
ing any liability for retirement and other benefits for
3 former officers and employees of the Board or any
4 such bank in accordance with employee retirement
5 and benefit programs of the Board and any such
6 bank, shall become the liability of the Secretary of
7 the Treasury and shall be paid from amounts depos8
ited in the general fund pursuant to paragraph (2)
9 which are hereby appropriated for such purpose
10 until all such liabilities are satisfied.
11 (d) REPORT.—At the end of the 18-month period be12
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec13
retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of
14 Management and Budget shall submit a joint report to
15 the Congress containing a detailed description of the ac16
tions taken to implement this Act and any actions or
17 issues relating to such implementation that remain
18 uncompleted or unresolved as of the date of the report.
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