Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
Sponsored By: Representative Emmer
Introduced
Summary
Would create a federal safe harbor shielding non-controlling blockchain developers and providers from money-transmitter and other licensing or registration rules. It would say a developer or provider is not a money transmitter or a financial institution, and is not subject to other licensing or registration requirements, unless the developer or provider has unilateral control over digital assets that a user is entitled to.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Safe harbor for blockchain developers
If enacted, blockchain developers and service providers without "control" over users' digital assets would not be treated as money transmitters or financial institutions. They would generally not have to get money-transmitter licenses or register under those laws. The safe harbor would not apply if, in regular business, they can unilaterally move a user's digital assets. States could enforce matching state laws, but conflicting state or local rules would be blocked. The bill would define key terms and would not change intellectual property law.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Emmer
MN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
MI • R
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Davidson
OH • R
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Roll Call Votes
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