Senate Central Bank Digital Currency

Published on: Apr 1, 2025

On Mar. 26, Senate introduced bill to ban central bank digital asset.

  • Senate issued bill S 1124 to prohibit Fed from issuing central bank digital currency.
  • Concurrently, Senate Ted Cruz published a statement on the introduced legislation.
  • Amendments made to 12 USC 411 and to 12 USC 241 of the Federal reserve act.
  • Bill Provisions
  • Prohibit Fed reserve banks from offering certain product/services directly to individual.
  • Ban Fed reserve banks from issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC)/substantially similar digital asset to an individual through financial institution or other intermediary.
  • Board of Governors may not test, study, develop, create, or implement central bank digital currency and may not use the digital currency to implement monetary policy.
  • May not be construed to prohibit dollar-denominated currency open, permissionless, and private, and fully preserves privacy protections of US coins and physical currency.
  • Sense of Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve does not have the authority to issue central bank digital currency or substantially similar digital asset.
  • Legislative History
  • On Mar. 25, 2025, bill introduced in Senate, referred to banking, housing, urban affair.
Regulators
Senate
Entity Types
Bank; BHC; CNSM; SIFI
Reference
PR, 3/26/2025; Bill S. 1124, 3/25/2025; FRA; Citation: *12 USC* 411, 241;
Functions
Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Treasury
Countries
United States of America
Category
Central Government
State
N/A
Products
Banking; Cryptocurrency; Issuance/IPO; Securities
Rule Type
Proposed
Regions
Am
Rule Date
Mar 26, 2025
Effective Date
Mar 26, 2025
Rule ID
248821
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Mar 26, 2025
Report Section
US Banking