The CLARITY Act Faces Critical Deadline Pressure as Time Runs Out for Approval Before Senate Recess

According to the latest report from Coindesk, the highly anticipated CLARITY Act was not successfully signed into law at the White House on July 4. As July arrives, the bill’s approval faces increasing time pressure.

Analysis suggests that if the bill cannot be passed through Congress smoothly before the midterm elections, once control of the House and Senate changes after the election, the likelihood of passing the bill in its current version will drop significantly.

Notably, although Congress is about to enter its summer recess period and formal meeting schedules are greatly reduced, progress on the CLARITY Act has not stalled.

During this time, staff continue to coordinate behind the scenes to address disagreements among the parties, including integrating the bill texts separately passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Banking Committee.

It is understood that the Senate would only need a few days to hold a public debate and vote on the bill, and the House is also expected to pass it without taking too long—making it possible for the bill to be approved before the recess on August 7.

However, in the process of pushing the bill forward, the House has run into difficulties on procedural issues, which is highly likely to negatively affect the bill’s smooth progress.

In addition, according to financial information publicly disclosed by the White House, Trump earned approximately $1.4 billion from the crypto industry last year and holds various cryptocurrencies worth more than $100 million, prompting Democrats to demand the inclusion of ethics clauses in the bill.

As a result, the procedural hurdles facing the House are intertwined with Democrats’ new demands, further increasing the complexity and uncertainty of passing the CLARITY Act.

In summary, August 7 becomes the next key time milestone—also the last working day before the Senate’s summer recess.

Although Congress will return to Washington in September, there are other priorities that still need to be handled, including the National Defense Authorization Act.

Despite the fact that negotiators remain optimistic that the bill can be passed within this year, there is barely any time left for the bill to complete review, reconcile disagreements, and ultimately be put to a vote.

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