HR5403-118

Reported

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.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 3, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers 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, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA88389DE2F1340ECB61AFAD09C748044: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act.
  • Section HB958BA436D3B4DED817690C2DB758D98: 2. Prohibition on Federal reserve banks relating to certain products or services for individuals and prohibition on directly issuing a central bank digital...
  • Section H3B8DEF3460484E16BBB061F6658D3011: 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...
  • Section HF0526F16EE574FE2AA62986289033977: 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...
  • Section H7C0DAA5D46804588A84BDA3FADF8CFC5: 5. Central bank digital currency The Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 16 the following: 16A.Central bank...

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 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Government Operations, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Government Operations Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 3, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, …

May 7, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Babin, Mr. Burlison, …

May 7, 2024

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

Sep 12, 2023

Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bost, …

Sep 12, 2023

Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bost, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Financial Services
8 mentions across 6 clauses
+1 positive -7 negative

Commercial banks acting as CBDC intermediaries, Commercial banks and credit unions, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Positive-direction: Commercial banks and credit unions

Negative-direction: Commercial banks acting as CBDC intermediaries, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks, Federal Reserve banks

Cryptocurrency
8 mentions across 6 clauses
+8 positive

Cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallet providers, Decentralized stablecoin issuers

Technology
6 mentions across 5 clauses
+5 positive -1 negative

Decentralized finance platforms, Digital payment platforms, Existing cryptocurrency and fintech companies

Positive-direction: Decentralized finance platforms, Digital payment platforms, Existing cryptocurrency and fintech companies, Open-source digital currency developers, Private digital currency and payment companies

Negative-direction: Technology companies seeking Fed CBDC contracts

Government
3 mentions across 3 clauses
-3 negative

Treasury Department, Treasury Department and Secretary of the Treasury

Professional Services
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Consulting firms specializing in digital currency

8/10
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Government Operations Immigration
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

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