SEC Chair Atkins predicts CLARITY Act

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said he expects the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act within two weeks, according to a September 2 X post from crypto media account DiscoverCrypto. The post pointed to a possible path to President Donald Trump’s desk, but it did not include a vote count, a scheduled floor date or named Senate sponsors. Public congressional records show the measure at issue is H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, which reached the Senate in 2025 and was reported by the Senate Banking Committee on June 1, 2026. ### Which bill is Atkins talking about? H.R. 3633 is formally titled the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, and the Senate committee text says it may also be cited as the CLARITY Act of 2025. Congress.gov and GovTrack both show the bill was received in the Senate on September 18, 2025 and later reported by Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, with an amendment, on June 1, 2026. (x.com) The bill text says it would create a system for regulating digital commodities and related activity by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A Congressional Research Service overview of the House bill said the measure would give the CFTC a central role in regulating digital commodities and related intermediaries while preserving parts of SEC authority over some primary-market crypto transactions. (congress.gov) ### What has Atkins said publicly, beyond the X post? Paul Atkins said on August 18 that “legislation remains indispensable” for durable crypto rules and that the SEC “has and will continue to support Congress in delivering the CLARITY Act to President Trump’s desk,” according to a statement on the SEC’s website. That statement did not give a Senate vote date, but it showed Atkins publicly backing the legislation weeks before the September 2 social-media post circulated. (govtrack.us) Atkins also said in that August 18 statement that the SEC was developing “fit-for-purpose” rules for crypto assets while Congress worked on market-structure legislation. His position, as stated there, was that legislation would provide more durable rules than agency action alone. ### Where did the bill come from in the House? (sec.gov) House committee releases show the CLARITY Act was introduced on May 29, 2025 by House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson and House Financial Services Chairman French Hill. A separate House press release said the measure was introduced with other Republican backers including Dusty Johnson, Tom Emmer and Bryan Steil. (sec.gov) House committee records also show the legislation advanced through committee in June 2025. A CRS brief dated July 7, 2025 said the House Agriculture and Financial Services committees reported H.R. 3633 on June 23, 2025. ### What can be verified about Senate timing right now? Congress.gov’s public bill page shows the Senate committee-reported text and confirms the measure remains a Senate bill awaiting further action. (agriculture.house.gov) The records available here do not show a completed Senate floor vote as of September 2, 2026. The DiscoverCrypto X post is the source for the claim that Atkins expects passage in under two weeks. (docs.house.gov) Because the post as provided does not supply a Senate schedule, whip count or leadership notice, that timing remains a prediction rather than a documented floor commitment in the congressional record reviewed here. ### What happens next if the Senate acts? (congress.gov) The next formal step is a Senate floor vote on H.R. 3633. If the Senate passes a version different from the House-passed measure, Congress would need to resolve the differences before sending final legislation to President Donald Trump for signature. September 2 is the date of the X post citing Atkins’s timeline, and June 1, 2026 is the latest milestone visible in the Senate committee record reviewed for this story. (x.com) The clearest public places to track the next step are the Congress.gov bill page for H.R. 3633 and future SEC statements from Atkins. (govtrack.us) (congress.gov)