US congressman proposes gold-backed dollar, but does America have enough bullion?
By GCRU Gold News on Monday, April 9 2018, 03:06 - Permalink
SEC. 2. DEFINE THE DOLLAR IN TERMS OF GOLD.
Effective 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act-- (1) the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall define the dollar in terms of a fixed weight of gold, based on that day's closing market price of gold; and (2) Federal Reserve Banks shall make Federal Reserve notes exchangeable with gold at the statutory gold definition of the dollar.