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Section 1 · Sec. 1 ·

What this chapter is about

This part gives the law a name. It can be called the GENIUS Act. That is all this part does.

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The Act may be cited as the GENIUS Act

The document says “may be cited as”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says

“This Act may be cited as the ``Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act'' or the ``GENIUS Act''.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 1

The section gives the Act two names: the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, and the GENIUS Act. It does nothing else.

What the document actually says

“This Act may be cited as the ``Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act'' or the ``GENIUS Act''.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 1
That sentence, in plain words

This law can be called by two names. One is long. The short one is the GENIUS Act.

What this is about

Laws often start with a part that just gives a name. Nobody has to do anything because of it. The name is used when other laws point back to this one.

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  1. The document itself

    Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, Public Law 119-27, sec. 1, 139 Stat. 419 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ27/html/PLAW-119publ27.htm

  2. This page

    “Short Title,” Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, section 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/guiding-establishing-national-innovation-u-s/section-1/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

Cite the document when the claim is about what the document says. Cite this page when the indexing, the wording or the record of what has happened is what is being relied on.

What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The one thing the section does: it names the Act.

Nothing else. A short title section carries no requirement and imposes no duty on anybody.

The full name and the short name are both recorded here. The site cites the Act by its short name elsewhere.