CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act

H.R. 5403 · 118th Congress · Jun 3, 2024 · Lineage

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.

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:

“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:

“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 permitted to develop, create, or implement a central bank digital currency, or use any such tool to implement monetary policy.

Sec. 8 Prohibition on central bank digital currency testing

Section 16A of the Federal Reserve Act, as added by section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Prohibition on central bank digital currency testing—Unless authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks may not establish, carry out, or approve a program intended to test the practicability of issuing a central bank digital currency, including by partnering or coordinating with a private sector entity to carry out such a program.”

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Jun 3, 2024viewing Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs See what changed
May 23, 2024 Engrossed in House See what changed
Sep 12, 2023 Reported in House Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bost, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Flood, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Hern, Mr. Hill, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Kiley, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. LaTurner, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Loudermilk, Mrs. Luna, Ms. Mace, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Mills, Mr. Norman, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Posey, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Self, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Steil, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Lawler, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Barr) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services See what changed
Sep 12, 2023 Introduced in House Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bost, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Flood, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Hern, Mr. Hill, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Kiley, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. LaTurner, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Loudermilk, Mrs. Luna, Ms. Mace, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Mills, Mr. Norman, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Posey, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Self, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Steil, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Lawler, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Barr) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services