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Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins ActSection 4 › Proposal

An issuer may issue only if it can comply with a lawful order

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, section 4, Sec. 4. Written by .

An issuer may issue only if it can comply with a lawful order

The document says “may notWho acts: permitted payment stablecoin issuersHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says

“A permitted payment stablecoin issuer may issue payment stablecoins only if the issuer has the technological capability to comply, and will comply, with the terms of any lawful order.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 4

Subsection (a)(6)(B). Two conditions run together: the technical capability, and the commitment to comply. Under subparagraph (A) the Secretary of the Treasury is to coordinate, to the best of the Secretary's ability, with an issuer before blocking property of a foreign person so that the issuer can effectively block that person's stablecoins, but the Secretary is not required to give notice beforehand. Subparagraph (C) requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to report to two committees on that coordination within one year of enactment.

What the document actually says

“A permitted payment stablecoin issuer may issue payment stablecoins only if the issuer has the technological capability to comply, and will comply, with the terms of any lawful order.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 4
That sentence, in plain words

A maker may put out coins only if it can obey a court order. It must have the tools to do it. It must also agree that it will.

What this is about

An order can tell a maker to freeze or destroy coins. The Treasury tries to warn a maker before it blocks someone. It does not have to.

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