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The “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act” (HR 5403) passed the House on May 23, 2024. With a solid majority in the Senate, there is a good chance that will pass the Senate in the next session. Contact your Senators and Senators-elect and encourage them to ACT!

118th CONGRESS2d Session

H. R. 5403

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

AN ACT

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition on Federal reserve banks relating to certain products or services for individuals and prohibition on directly issuing a central bank digital currency.

Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(18) A Federal reserve bank shall not—

“(A) offer products or services directly to an individual;

“(B) maintain an account on behalf of an individual; or

“(C) issue a central bank digital currency, or any digital asset that is substantially similar under any other name or label, directly to an individual.”.

SEC. 3. Prohibition on Federal reserve banks indirectly issuing a central bank digital currency.

Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(19) (A) A Federal reserve bank shall not offer a central bank digital currency, or any digital asset that is substantially similar under any other name or label, indirectly to an individual through a financial institution or other intermediary.

“(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed to prohibit any dollar-denominated currency that is open, permissionless, and private, and fully preserves the privacy protections of United States coins and physical currency.”.

SEC. 4. Prohibition on the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy.

Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(20) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY FOR MONETARY POLICY.—The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee shall not use any central bank digital currency, or any digital asset that is substantially similar under any other name or label, to implement monetary policy.”.

SEC. 5. Central bank digital currency.

(a) In general.—The Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 16 the following:

“SEC. 16A. Central bank digital currency.

“(a) In general.—The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may not, absent Congressional authorization, design, build, develop, establish, or issue a central bank digital currency.

“(b) Central bank digital currency defined.—In this section, the term ‘central bank digital currency’ means a form of digital money or monetary value, denominated in the national unit of account, that is a direct liability of the Federal Reserve System.”.

(b) Treasury.—Chapter 3 of subtitle I of title 31 of the United States Code is amended by inserting after section 316 the following:

“SEC. 317. Central bank digital currency.

“(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Treasury may not, absent Congressional authorization, direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to design, build, develop, establish, or issue a central bank digital currency.

“(b) Central Bank Digital Currency defined.—In this section, the term ‘central bank digital currency’ means a form of digital money or monetary value, denominated in the national unit of account, that is a direct liability of the central bank.”.

SEC. 6. Protection for open, permissionless, and private currency.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to any dollar-denominated currency that is open, permissionless, and private, and fully preserves the privacy protections of United States coins and physical currency.

SEC. 7. Sense of Congress.

It is the sense of Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should not be permitt

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