To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from using surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than government and municipal securities.

June 12, 2001

Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SUNUNU, and Mr. TOOMEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from using surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than government and municipal securities.

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 `Private Economy Protection Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USING FEDERAL SURPLUS FUNDS TO INVEST IN PRIVATE SECURITIES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury may not use surplus funds to make any investment in securities (within the meaning of the securities laws of the United States) other than government and municipal securities. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term `surplus' shall have the meaning given to such term by section 3(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(7)).

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