# 119-s-3755: Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act

119-s-3755, Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3755
- Congress: 119
- Title: Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-18

## Summary

**Creates a new, comprehensive federal framework to regulate digital commodities and the platforms and intermediaries that trade them.** It defines key terms like digital commodity and custody, requires registration for exchanges, brokers, dealers, and custodians, and sets strong rules for custody, market surveillance, disclosures, and conflict-of-interest safeguards.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger customer custody protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, customer money and digital assets held by exchanges, brokers, or dealers would have to be kept separate and treated as belonging to the customer. Digital-asset units would generally have to be held with qualified digital asset custodians and customer funds could be invested only in high…
- Protections for blockchain developers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would say that people who only perform certain blockchain software-developer activities are not subject to the Act just because of those activities. Covered work includes running nodes, relaying or compiling transactions, offering UIs or wallet software, administering DeFi mess…
- CFTC staffing and retail advocate office: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let the CFTC hire specialized staff faster using expedited appointment authority for digital-commodity roles. It would create an Office of the Digital Commodity Retail Advocate reporting to the Commission Chair to assist retail customers and issue annual reports to Congre…
- New fees and $150M startup funding: cost, high. If enacted, the Commission would be allowed to charge initial application and annual registration fees to digital commodity exchanges, brokers, dealers, and qualified custodians to cover oversight costs. The Commission must set rates based on business volume and registration category, publish rates…
- Registration rules for individual workers: cost, low. If enacted, a person could not act as an associated person of a digital commodity broker or dealer unless they are registered with the Commission and the registration is current. Firms could not knowingly let unregistered or invalidly registered people act as associated persons. Registration must r…
- Exemptions and stablecoin limits: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Commission could exempt brokers or dealers from some rules when doing so is in the public interest or when firms have comparable home-country supervision. The bill would allow a two-year transitional exemption for some foreign exchanges that meet inspection and supervision condition…
- New federal rules for digital markets: mixed, medium. If enacted, trading platforms that offer spot digital-commodity markets would have to register with the CFTC as digital commodity exchanges and meet new definitions and operational rules. The bill would define which tokens and intermediaries are covered and set standards for brokers, dealers, and e…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5526: Agricultural Act of 2026
- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1949: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act
- 119-s-3492: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3755 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3755)

## Related
- [119-s-5526: Agricultural Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5526)
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1949: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1949)
- [119-s-3492: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3492)
- [119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3265)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3755 (as of 2026-09-18).