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Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021

Introduced: March 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2021
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Apr 20, 2021
Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 330, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 367; H.R. 370; H.R. 396; H.R. 397, as amended; H.R. 408; H.R. 490; H.R. 965, as amended; H.R. 1251, as amended; H.R. 1395; H.R. 1491; H.R. 1528; H.R. 1532; H.R. 1565; H.R. 1602; and H.R. 2523, as amended; and the following resolution was agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 124, as amended. (consideration: CR H1979-1994; text: CR H1990)
Apr 20, 2021
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 330, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 367; H.R. 370; H.R. 396; H.R. 397, as amended; H.R. 408; H.R. 490; H.R. 965, as amended; H.R. 1251, as amended; H.R. 1395; H.R. 1491; H.R. 1528; H.R. 1532; H.R. 1565; H.R. 1602; and H.R. 2523, as amended; and the following resolution was agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 124, as amended.(consideration: CR H1979-1994; text: CR H1990)
Apr 20, 2021
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 330, proceedings on H.R. 1602 are considered vacated.
Apr 19, 2021
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Apr 19, 2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1602.
Apr 19, 2021
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1924-1927; text: CR H1924)
Apr 19, 2021
Mr. Perlmutter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Apr 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021

This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to jointly establish a working group on digital assets. The working group must (1) report on the impact of the U.S. legal and regulatory framework on the digital asset market; and (2) provide recommendations regarding digital asset market fairness and integrity, cybersecurity standards, and the reduction of fraud and manipulation.

What's happening now April 22, 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 330 Related bill Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into th…
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Mar 8, 2021
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Davidson, Warren
Ohio · Mar 8, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2021
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 8, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1602: Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1602/
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"H.R. 1602: Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1602/.
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