FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Friday, February 4, 2000 202-224-0894

ECONOMIC POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE SETS HEARING
ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY STABILITY

Sen. Connie Mack, R-Fla., chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, has announced a hearing on S. 1879, the International Monetary Stability Act, a bill to rebate seigniorage -- profits made by printing currency -- to countries that adopt the U.S. dollar as their official currency.

WHEN:

10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000

WHAT:

Subcommittee on Economic Policy

WHERE:

Room 628 Dirksen Senate Building

WHO:

The Honorable Edwin M. Truman
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
Department of Treasury

For more information about the International Monetary Stability Act, please visit the official Joint Economic Committee homepage at: http://jec.senate.gov.

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