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House passes a bill restricting Federal Reserve central-bank digital currency activity

Regulation · · Ketju Research

United States Congress

This entry records a proposal. It does not change the law unless it is adopted.

What changed

The House passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. The bill would restrict Federal Reserve issuance, direct services, monetary-policy use, and specified testing or study of a central-bank digital currency, subject to its exceptions. It has not become law.

Who it affects

  • Federal Reserve institutions, payments firms, digital-asset businesses, advisers, and clients monitoring a U.S. CBDC

What is still open

  • Whether the Senate will pass the bill and the final scope of exceptions

What it means for an advisor

  • Treat the measure as pending legislation, not a present prohibition.

Sources

  1. Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act · United States Congress ·

Version 1, published . Educational analysis, not legal advice.