{"id":1826,"date":"2026-03-09T23:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soberano.news\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:14:48","slug":"us-congressmen-call-for-permanent-ban-on-digital-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soberano.news\/en\/estruturas-juridicas\/congressistas-americanos-pedem-proibicao-permanente-do-dolar-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"US congressmen call for a permanent ban on the Digital Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, March 6, Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX) signed<\/a> a letter addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, along with 28 other members of the US Congress. The document calls for the banning of a digital currency by the US central bank to be permanent<\/strong>, not temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request came after the publication of the text of the \u201c21st Century ROAD to Housing Act\u201d, a 300-page bill led by the Senate Banking Committee that includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC. The problem, according to the signatories, is that the ban expires in December 31, 2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dispute in the US Congress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The House of Representatives had already passed, in July 2025, the \u201cAnti-CBDC Surveillance State Act\u201d (H.R.1919), authored by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, with permanent prohibition language. What the Senate has put in the new housing bill is, in the view of the signatories, a watered-down version: it does not prohibit the Fed from study<\/em> a CBDC, and the emission ban has an expiration date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter demands that the Senate restore the strong language of H.R.1919 before sending any bill to the House. Otherwise, congressmen promise to block the entire bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The central argument is privacy and civil liberty<\/strong>. The letter describes a CBDC as something that would expose Americans to unconstitutional financial surveillance and give the U.S. Central Bank unprecedented power over Americans' finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representative Ralph Norman, one of the signatories, was more direct in his thread<\/a> public, stating that a Digital Dollar issued by the Central Bank would be a tool that would allow the government to track every transaction and monitor how Americans spend their money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I'm proud to sign onto a letter urging House and Senate leadership to permanently ban a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

Americans deserve financial freedom, not government-controlled money.

\ud83e\uddf5THREAD: pic.twitter.com\/RXRhrJtn40<\/a><\/p>- Rep. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>