S3611-119

In Committee

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 12, 2026

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, Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Finance, Transportation.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026.
  • Section ide31eceb5e274404484e6658dca959b09: 2. Treatment of certain non-controlling developers with respect to money transmission laws In this section: The term developer or provider means any person or...

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, Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Finance, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Finance Transportation

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

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Jan 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 12, 2026

Ms. Lummis (for herself and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

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

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"distributed ledger" §ide31eceb5e274404484e6658dca959b09

technology in which data is shared across a network that— creates a public digital ledger of verified transactions or information among network participants

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