Fed Integrity and Independence Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5499 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5499

   To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit dual appointments of 
    certain employees of the Federal Reserve System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2025

  Mr. Vargas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit dual appointments of 
    certain employees of the Federal Reserve System, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fed Integrity and Independence Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The independence of the Federal Reserve System from 
        political interference from the President is fundamental to the 
        effective operation of the central bank.
            (2) Congress structured the Federal Reserve System to 
        ensure that its monetary policy decisions focus on achieving 
        long-run goals and do not become subject to political pressures 
        from the President that could lead to undesirable outcomes.
            (3) To protect this independence, Congress made it so 
        members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
        are appointed for staggered 14-year terms, and the Chairman of 
        the Board of Governors is appointed for a four-year term.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it is not 
appropriate for any employee appointed by the President--whether they 
are on leave or not--to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF DUAL APPOINTMENT.

    (a) Board of Governors.--The fourth sentence of the first 
undesignated paragraph of section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
U.S.C. 241) is amended by striking ``business of the Board and shall 
each receive'' and inserting ``business of the Board, may not 
simultaneously hold any other office, position, or employment for which 
the member is appointed by the President, including under a leave of 
absence from such other office, position, or employment, and shall each 
receive''.
    (b) Federal Reserve Bank Presidents; First Vice President of the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.--The fifth subparagraph of the fourth 
undesignated paragraph of section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
U.S.C. 341) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the second sentence (relating to 
        presidents of Federal reserve banks) the following: ``A 
        president of the bank may not simultaneously hold any other 
        office, position, or employment for which the president is 
        appointed by the President, including under a leave of absence 
        from such other office, position, or employment.''; and
            (2) by inserting after the third sentence (relating to 
        first vice presidents of Federal reserve banks) the following: 
        ``The first vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
        York may not simultaneously hold any other office, position, or 
        employment for which the first vice president is appointed by 
        the President, including under a leave of absence from such 
        other office, position, or employment.''.
    (c) Rule of Application.--An individual serving as a governor of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the president of 
a Federal reserve bank, or the first vice president of the Federal 
Reserve Bank of New York on the date of enactment of this Act and who 
is ineligible to serve in such position due to the amendments made by 
this section are hereby terminated from such position on the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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