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Passed
On Passage
Bill Passed (68-30)
On Passage of the Bill
Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-27, 3/5 majority required)
On the Cloture Motion
Cloture Motion Agreed to (68-30, 3/5 majority required)
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31)
On the Motion to Proceed
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Creates a detailed federal regulatory system for payment stablecoins: only approved (“permitted”) issuers may issue U.S. payment stablecoins, and those issuers must meet rules for custody, reserves, disclosures, anti‑money‑laundering, sanctions, and examinations by federal or state regulators. The bill changes how stablecoin assets are treated in bankruptcy, sets technical and interoperability standards, establishes a process for bank-affiliated and federally qualified issuers, allows some foreign issuers under strict conditions, and requires multiple reports, studies, and ongoing supervision.
The law preserves some self-custody and person-to-person exemptions, gives States a role for state‑chartered issuers, and creates criminal and civil penalties for unapproved issuance or noncompliance. It becomes effective either 18 months after enactment or sooner if regulators finalize implementing rules (120 days after final rules).
Adds a new paragraph (40C) to section 101 defining the terms "payment stablecoin" and "permitted payment stablecoin issuer" by reference to section 2 of the Act.
Modifies subsection (a) to add an exception to the automatic stay for redemption of payment stablecoins from required payment stablecoin reserves, and amends subsection (d) to add a new paragraph (5) authorizing the court to permit redemption/distributions from reserves if the court finds reserves are available and directing the court to use best efforts to enter a final order to begin distributions within 14 days after the required hearing.
Makes subsection (a) subject to a new subsection (e) and adds subsection (e) giving remaining claims of payment stablecoin holders first priority over other claims to the extent additional reserves would have been required under section 4 of the Act.
Amends subsection 541(b) to add a new paragraph (11) excluding required payment stablecoin reserves (under section 4 of the Act) from property of the estate.
Adds a new subsection (c) providing that the Comptroller of the Currency or a State payment stablecoin regulator shall raise, and shall appear and be heard on, any issue (including customer protection) in a case under this chapter in which the debtor is a permitted payment stablecoin issuer.
Amends section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 by adding at the end the following text: '; and "GENIUS Act"'.
Amends section 3(c)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 by inserting text after an existing provision (text to be inserted is not specified in this section excerpt).
Amends the first sentence by inserting a clause covering payment stablecoins issued by a permitted payment stablecoin issuer aggregating $5,000 or less held.
Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) by adding the phrase "GENIUS Act" to section 2(a)(36) (adding "GENIUS Act" to the Act's defined terms).
Introduced May 1, 2025 by William Francis Hagerty · Last progress July 18, 2025
President of the United States
Became Public Law No: 119-27.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.