CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act

How it moves voter issues

• +1Privacy & civil liberties

  Bans a Federal Reserve digital currency, which supporters say would enable government tracking of payments.

  Medium confidence

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What it does

CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act This bill prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account on behalf of an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency (i.e., a digital dollar) directly or indirectly to an individual. Further, The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is prohibited from using a central bank digital currency to implement monetary policy or from issuing a central bank digital currency.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, reported to house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. May 23, 2024House On Agreeing to the Amendment204 yea 176 nayProcedural, not counted
2. May 23, 2024House On Agreeing to the Amendment206 yea 193 nayProcedural, not counted
3. May 23, 2024House On Agreeing to the Amendment212 yea 195 nayProcedural, not counted
4. May 23, 2024House On PassageCBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act216 yea 192 nayCounts toward rankings