Saturday, May 4, 2013

Useless Senate Trivia 5


The membership of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. It's jurisdiction:
1. The following standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of each Congress and shall continue and have the power to act until their successors are appointed, with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within their jurisdictions:

(d)(1) Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, to which committee shall by referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects:
  • Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
  • Control of prices of commodities, rents and services.
  • Deposit insurance.
  • Economic stabilization and defense production.
  • Export and foreign trade promotion.
  • Export controls.
  • Federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System.
  • Financial aid to commerce and industry.
  • Issuance and redemption of notes.
  • Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
  • Nursing home construction.
  • Public and private housing (including veterans housing).
  • Renegotiation of Government contracts.
  • Urban development and urban mass transit.
(2) Such Committee shall also study and review on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to international economic policy as it affects United States monetary affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time to time.
According to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council the Top 50 U.S. holding companies as of 3/31/13 are located in the following states (bold represented on the committee):
Alabama
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New York (home to 14 holding companies)
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Texas
Utah
Virginia

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