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Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins ActSection 3 › Proposal

Only a permitted issuer may issue a payment stablecoin in the United States

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Only a permitted issuer may issue a payment stablecoin in the United States

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What the document says

“It shall be unlawful for any person other than a permitted payment stablecoin issuer to issue a payment stablecoin in the United States.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

Subsection (a). Permitted payment stablecoin issuer is defined in section 2(23) as one of three approved forms. Subsection (f) sets the penalty for knowing participation in a violation, and subsection (c) lets the Secretary of the Treasury create limited safe harbors from this subsection.

What the document actually says

“It shall be unlawful for any person other than a permitted payment stablecoin issuer to issue a payment stablecoin in the United States.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

Only a cleared firm may make these coins here. If anyone else makes one, they break the law.

What this is about

Part two of the law says which firms are cleared. There are three kinds. Part five says how a firm asks to be one.

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