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S.1619: Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011

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Bill Summary

Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make public and report biannually to Congress on international monetary policy and currency exchange rates; and (2) appear, if requested, before certain congressional committees to testify regarding such reports. Prescribes report contents, including: (1) an analysis of currency market developments and the relationship between the U.S....

(Source: Library of Congress)

What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill

There are 7 statements associated with S.1619.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 183.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate.
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 19. Record Vote Number: 155.
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate.
Measure laid before Senate by motion.
Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 696 made in Senate.
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
Considered by Senate.
Considered by Senate.
Cloture on the bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 38. Record Vote Number: 156.
Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance fell when cloture was invoked on the bill in Senate.
Reid for Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 670 made in Senate.
Point of order raised in Senate with respect to Reid for Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 670.
Point of order against the Reid for Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 670 not sustained by the chair.
Senator Reid appealed the ruling of the chair.
Ruling of the Chair not sustained by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 157.
The point of order against the Reid for Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII for the consideration of amendment SA 670 was sustained.
Considered by Senate.
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 63 - 35. Record Vote Number: 159.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Sept. 22, 2011

Introduced in the Senate by Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

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