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SENATE 2113119th CongressCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.

End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailout Act

Last Action
12/11/2025

Actions

  • 2025-12-11Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
  • 2025-06-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • 2025-06-18Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2025-06-18 (00)

End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailout Act

This bill prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from paying earnings on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository institution. Currently, such balances may receive earnings at least once each quarter at a rate not to exceed the general level of short-term interest rates.

Cosponsors (1)

  • Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Subjects

  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Wages and earnings
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