After Senate Banking Committee action, House whip says CLARITY Act has momentum

Tom Emmer said on May 22 that the CLARITY Act had “momentum” after the Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill in a 15-9 vote, according to a social media post cited in the source material. The committee vote followed House passage of the measure last year and moved the legislation to the Senate floor, according to the Senate Banking Committee and Congress.gov. The bill is H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, a House-passed crypto market structure measure introduced by Representative French Hill. Emmer, the House majority whip, has been one of the bill’s public backers since its House rollout. ### Which bill is Emmer talking about? H.R. 3633 is formally titled the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, and Congress.gov says it was introduced on May 29, 2025 by Representative French Hill, an Arkansas Republican. The bill text says it would create a federal framework for digital asset markets and also carries the short title “CLARITY Act of 2025.” The House Financial Services Committee said in June 2025 that the bill was designed to create “regulatory guardrails” for blockchain technology and digital assets. In that release, Emmer said the measure would give “users and developers the confidence to engage and innovate in this ecosystem.” (congress.gov) ### What exactly did the Senate Banking Committee do? The Senate Banking Committee said on May 14, 2026 that it advanced H.R. 3633 in a “historic bipartisan vote.” Chairman Tim Scott said the committee approved the bill 15-9 and that it now moves to the Senate floor. (financialservices.house.gov) The committee’s release described the measure as a market structure bill for digital assets. Scott said Republicans and Democrats had worked through “real differences” before the vote and said the legislation would bring digital assets “into the sunlight with clear rules, stronger safeguards, and better tools to stop bad actors.” (banking.senate.gov) ### Why does Emmer say it could reach the White House? Congress.gov says the House passed H.R. 3633 on July 17, 2025 by a vote of 294-134. Because the bill has already cleared the House once, Senate passage would move it to the next stage in the legislative process, though any Senate changes could require further congressional action before it could be sent to the president. (banking.senate.gov) A House Financial Services Committee release issued after the 2025 House vote said Chairman Hill looked forward to working with Senate colleagues and President Donald Trump to enact the CLARITY Act. Hill thanked Emmer and other lawmakers for leading the effort. ### Who has been leading the bill in Congress? (congress.gov) French Hill and Glenn Thompson announced the bill’s introduction on May 29, 2025, according to the House Agriculture Committee. That release named Emmer, Dusty Johnson, Bryan Steil, Angie Craig, Don Davis and Ritchie Torres among the original co-sponsors. (financialservices.house.gov) Tom Emmer has also tied the bill to a broader Republican crypto agenda. In July 2025, his office said the House would vote on the CLARITY Act alongside the GENIUS Act and his Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act during “Crypto Week.” ### What happens next in Congress? The Senate Banking Committee said the May 14 vote sends the CLARITY Act to the Senate floor. (agriculture.house.gov) Congress.gov still lists H.R. 3633 as a House-passed bill received in the Senate and referred to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on September 18, 2025, reflecting the bill’s formal Senate status page. (majoritywhip.gov) Any next step now depends on Senate floor consideration of H.R. 3633 and, if the Senate changes the House-passed text, follow-up action by both chambers before the measure could go to the White House. (congress.gov) (banking.senate.gov)