Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill restricts the Federal Reserve’s ability to offer services directly to individuals, maintain individual accounts, or issue a digital dollar (central bank digital currency). It also prohibits the Federal Reserve Board from testing, studying, or implementing a digital currency for monetary policy purposes. However, the bill includes an exception to allow for dollar-denominated, private, and permissionless currencies that preserve existing privacy protections.
Key provisions
- Federal Reserve banks cannot offer products or services directly to individuals.
- Federal Reserve banks cannot maintain accounts on behalf of individuals.
- Federal Reserve banks cannot issue a central bank digital currency.
- The Federal Reserve Board cannot test, study, develop, or implement a central bank digital currency.
- The Federal Reserve Board cannot use a central bank digital currency to implement monetary policy.
- An exception is included for dollar-denominated, private, and permissionless currencies.
- Defines ‘central bank digital currency’ as a digital form of money directly backed by the Federal Reserve.
Who is affected
- Individuals
- The Federal Reserve System
- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Financial Institutions
- The General Public
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