May 31, 2025
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"The lack of proper audits of America's gold is highly alarming and totally unacceptable — such shoddy procedures would never pass muster in the private sector," continued Gleason, whose company operates a maximum-security gold and silver vault in Idaho that is twice the size of the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. "Even if a credible audit had been conducted several decades ago, auditing is never a 'one and done' affair."
The legislation comes as investors and nations slowly diversify away from the U.S. dollar and Treasuries and into gold, which has reestablished itself as a critical global monetary asset — one that carries no third-party or geopolitical risk.
In a comment to Kitco News, Jp Cortez, executive director of the Sound Money Defense League, said he expects the bill would help restore confidence in the U.S. dollar at a time when countries and central banks worldwide are reducing their USD exposure and actively repatriating their gold from the United States
Recently, some German politicians have expressed concern about their nation's gold being stored in America, and are now pushing to bring that bullion back to Germany.
"Now is the time for transparency surrounding America's gold," Cortez said. "As gold is the ultimate form of money recognized the world over, safeguarding the U.S. Treasury Department's holdings of the yellow metal is very much a national security issue."
Cortez added that this government legislation brings important gravitas to the task. Earlier this year, Musk stated that he wanted to personally audit the United States' gold reserves at Fort Knox on behalf of DOGE, but no serious plans were ever proposed.
"Only a thorough audit, not a public-relations stunt such as the 'live walkthrough' proposed by Elon Musk and others, will suffice," said Cortez. "This situation requires far more than a fun one-day field trip by politicians to Fort Knox, West Point, and other U.S. Treasury vaults."
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