HR1747-118

Reported

To provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 23, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Finance, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA97E3DCB71C346128A6FF3ED24A3F188: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act.
  • Section HDB80820997A449F8976E915A8EE1707D: 2. Safe harbor for non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services No blockchain developer or provider of a blockchain service shall...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Finance Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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federal implementing agencies: ,
technology companies and users of digital services: ,

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
May 6, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Mar 23, 2023

Mr. Emmer (for himself and Mr. Soto) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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