H.R. 3633

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

Sponsor: J. French Hill

21 cosponsors
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 or the CLARITY Act of 2025

This bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital commodities, defined by the bill as digital assets that rely upon a blockchain for their value.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission must generally regulate digital commodities transactions, including digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers. To qualify for trade on an exchange (1) a digital commodity’s blockchain must be mature, or on a blockchain system that has achieved decentralized control as defined by the bill; or (2) the issuer of the digital commodity must file certain reports. The bill establishes requirements for trade monitoring, recordkeeping, and the commingling of customer assets.  

The bill exempts digital commodities on mature blockchains (and digital commodities on blockchains expected to mature within certain timeframes) from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration requirements if annual sales fall under a certain amount and other requirements are met. The bill provides the SEC with jurisdiction over digital commodity activities and transactions engaged in by certain brokers and dealers on alternative trading systems and by national securities exchanges. 

Digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers are subject to the Bank Secrecy Act for anti-money laundering and related purposes.

The bill also sets forth requirements for alternative trading systems, previously issued digital commodities, and provisional registration until the bill is implemented.  

For more information on this bill, see CRS Insight IN12583, Crypto Legislation: An Overview of H.R. 3633, the CLARITY Act.

Text of the bill

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I Definitions; Rulemaking; Expedited Registration

Sec. 102. Definitions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Changed · Jul 17

Where this section came from

  1. May 29, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Financial Services, May 29 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture, May 29
  2. Jul 17, 2025 · Engrossed in House H.Amdt. 48: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 580, in lieu of the amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-6, modified by the amendment printed in part B of House Report 119-199 is considered adopted. Official page › H.Res. 580: On Ordering the Previous Question — Passed, 211–210 · Roll Call 194 H.Res. 580: On Agreeing to the Resolution — Failed, 196–223 · Roll Call 195 H.Res. 580: On Motion to Reconsider — Passed, 215–211 · Roll Call 197 H.Res. 580: On Agreeing to the Resolution — Passed, 217–212 · Roll Call 198 On Passage — Passed, 294–134 · Roll Call 199
What changed in the text

… 9 unchanged passages …

(A) Securities Act of 1933. The terms blockchain system, decentralized governance system, digital asset, digital commodity affiliated person, digital commodity issuer, digital commodity related person, end user distribution, mature blockchain system, permitted payment stablecoin, and permitted payment stablecoin , issuer have the meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)).

… 2 unchanged passages …

What does "considered adopted" mean?

When a chamber approves a rule that says a change is "considered adopted", the change becomes part of the bill as soon as the rule passes, without a separate vote on the change itself.

Section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (80) (relating to funding portals) as paragraph (81); and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

Text this section adds to the law

(82) Bank Secrecy Act. The term Bank Secrecy Act means—

(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b);

(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 (12 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.); and

(C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code.

(83) Additional digital commodity-related terms

(A) Securities Act of 1933. The terms blockchain system, decentralized governance system, digital asset, digital commodity affiliated person, digital commodity issuer, digital commodity related person, end user distribution, mature blockchain system, permitted payment stablecoin, and permitted payment stablecoin issuer have the meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)).

(B) Commodity Exchange Act. The terms digital commodity, digital commodity broker, digital commodity dealer, digital commodity exchange, decentralized finance messaging system, and decentralized finance trading protocol have the meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a).

II Offers and Sales of Digital Commodities

III Registration for Intermediaries at the Securities and Exchange Commission

IV Registration for Digital Commodity Intermediaries at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

V Innovation and Technology Improvements

VI Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act

I Responsible securities innovation

II Protecting against illicit finance

III Responsible innovation in decentralized finance

IV Responsible banking innovation

V Responsible regulatory innovation

VI Protecting software developers and software innovation

VII Protecting customer property

VIII Customer protection

IX Other matters