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A lawful order is a final Federal command to freeze or burn stablecoins

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

A lawful order is a final Federal command to freeze or burn stablecoins

The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“means any final and valid writ, process, order, rule, decree, command, or other requirement issued or promulgated under Federal law, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an authorized Federal agency pursuant to its statutory authority, that-- (A) requires a person to seize, freeze, burn, or prevent the transfer of payment stablecoins issued by the person”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Paragraph (16). The order must be final and valid, issued under Federal law by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an authorized Federal agency acting under its statutory authority. It must require a person to seize, freeze, burn or prevent the transfer of payment stablecoins the person issued, specify the stablecoins or accounts subject to blocking with reasonable particularity, and be subject to judicial or administrative review or appeal as provided by law. Sections 4(a)(6)(B) and 8 turn on the term.

What the document actually says

“means any final and valid writ, process, order, rule, decree, command, or other requirement issued or promulgated under Federal law, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an authorized Federal agency pursuant to its statutory authority, that-- (A) requires a person to seize, freeze, burn, or prevent the transfer of payment stablecoins issued by the person”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

A court or a federal agency can send this kind of order. It tells a coin maker to hold, stop or destroy coins it made. The order must be final and valid.

What this is about

The order has to name which coins or accounts it hits. It also has to be open to appeal. Section 4 says a maker must be able to obey one.

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  1. The document itself

    Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, Public Law 119-27, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 419 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ27/html/PLAW-119publ27.htm

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    “A lawful order is a final Federal command to freeze or burn stablecoins,” Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/guiding-establishing-national-innovation-u-s/proposal/sec02-lawful-order/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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