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CLARITY Act Cloture Vote Set for Sept. 15 as Senate Floor Nears
The Senate schedules a Sept. 15 procedural vote on the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633). A 60-vote threshold determines if the crypto market structure bill advances to floor debate.
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The Senate is scheduled to take a procedural vote on Sept. 15 that could bring the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) to the floor for full debate, according to the Senate Democrats' published schedule from Aug. 8. The cloture motion on the bill can be taken up at 2:15 p.m. that day.
Cloture is the step that limits debate so the chamber can advance to consideration. It requires 60 votes in a fully seated Senate. If the motion succeeds, the bill moves closer to a final vote. If it fails, the motion to proceed stalls at that stage.
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) said on X on Aug. 8 that securing Senate floor time marked an important procedural step. "The Hill, especially the Senate, is driven by the calendar, or 'floor time' … The Clarity Act is now on the calendar. Leader John Thune is giving crypto floor time. Though delayed, senators will be on the record," McHenry wrote.
The Sept. 15 date is not locked in. The cloture motion could be withdrawn or vitiated. Senate leaders might reach a unanimous-consent agreement that changes the timing, or the chamber could take another procedural step before a roll-call vote.
The Sept. 15 Cloture Vote
H.R. 3633 would set rules for digital commodities by assigning oversight to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bill covers trade monitoring, recordkeeping, and customer asset commingling. It also addresses alternative trading systems and provisional registration.