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AL HR60

Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/16/2017

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Jackson

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2017

AI Summary

HR60 Summary

  • Urges U.S. Congress to restore the Glass-Steagall Act provisions and pass HR 381 and S. 1709 to separate investment and commercial banking, citing the law's 66-year success in preventing banking crises before its repeal.

  • Calls for establishing a national banking and federal credit system modeled on Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States, Abraham Lincoln's Greenback policy, Franklin Roosevelt's Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and the Kennedy Space Program.

  • Proposes using federal credit to fund infrastructure including high-speed rail networks, nuclear power plants, water projects in the Southwest, and other critical transportation and energy programs.

  • Urges launching an immediate space program expansion to explore the solar system and develop nuclear fusion technology to address national energy needs.

  • Requires distribution of resolution copies to all Alabama congressional delegation members and the President of the United States.

Legislative Description

Economic recovery, urging Congress to adopt an economic recovery program

Resolutions, Legislative

Last Action

Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules

2/16/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules2/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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