Senate bill would ban money services businesses from handling China's digital yuan
In committeeS. 4601Latest action
Sponsor: Rick Scott · Senator · FL
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Official title: Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act of 2026
119th Congress
Topics: Jobs & the economy
Introduced:
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S 4601 would bar U.S. money services businesses from processing China's government-issued digital yuan, directly or indirectly.
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What does this do?
S 4601 would make it illegal for U.S. money services businesses to process, exchange, or transfer China's digital yuan, known as the digital yuan. The ban covers both direct transactions and indirect ones that pass through middlemen. The bill was introduced in the Senate in May 2026 and has been referred to the Banking Committee.
Who does it affect?
The ban applies to money services businesses, including currency exchanges, check cashing stores, money transfer services, prepaid card providers, and some cryptocurrency exchanges. Regular Americans who want to send or receive digital yuan through one of these businesses in the United States would be unable to do so.
Why does it matter?
People relying on U.S. money services businesses to handle digital yuan transactions would lose access to that option. The bill does not appear to restrict what individual private citizens do on their own, but it removes the businesses most people would use for such transactions.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Senate committeeYou are here · May 20, 2026
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.