Bill · S. 2113· Senate(119-S-2113)
End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailout Act
- Introduced
- 6/18/2025
- Last activity
- 12/11/2025 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
- Sponsored by
- Rand Paul
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the ``End the Fed's Big Bank Bailout Act'', seeks to change the Federal Reserve Act. It specifically targets how earnings are handled on balances kept at Federal Reserve banks. The proposed change would prohibit a Federal Reserve bank from paying earnings on balances maintained by or on behalf of a depository institution. This amendment would strike the existing paragraph 12 of Section 19(b) and replace it with this new prohibition.
Yes
No question was scored yes.
The opposite
Would business owners be better off under this?-5
The bill negatively impacts large depository institutions by prohibiting earnings on their balances.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners-5
- 12/11/2025
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
- 7/21/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/18/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced in Senate
Bernie SandersIndependent · Vermont