H.R. 2392 · Where this bill is now
Waiting for a House vote
Approved by committee May 6, 2025; no House vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySets new rules for digital payment stablecoins
Ever wondered who gets to create digital money that's supposed to hold a fixed value? This bill creates a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins—digital assets that issuers promise to exchange for a fixed amount of real money. Only certain types of companies can issue them: subsidiaries of banks, federally-qualified nonbank issuers, or state-qualified issuers. These companies must back every stablecoin with actual U.S. currency or liquid assets at a one-to-one ratio, publicly share their redemption policies, and publish their reserve details monthly. The bill also bans a certain type of stablecoin for two years and sets rules for how reserves can be used and managed.
How it affects you
If you use stablecoins for payments or hold them as digital money, this bill means the companies issuing them will need federal or state approval and oversight. You'd get more transparency about what's actually backing the stablecoins—companies would have to publish their reserve information regularly. If you use stablecoins for something other than payments, or if you're involved in money laundering, the bill also subjects stablecoin issuers to anti-money laundering rules. For most everyday Americans who don't currently use stablecoins, this mainly affects the digital finance industry rather than your daily life.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 26, 2025)
Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy Act of 2025 or the STABLE Act of 2025
This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value).
Under the bill, only permitted issuers may issue a payment stablecoin in the United States, subject to certain exceptions. Permitted issuers must be a subsidiary of an insured depository institution, a federal-qualified nonbank payment stablecoin issuer, or a state-qualified payment stablecoin issuer. Permitted issuers must be regulated by the appropriate federal or state regulator. A state regulator must certify that the state regulatory regime meets or exceeds federal requirements as established by the bill.
Permitted issuers must maintain reserves backing the stablecoin on a one-to-one basis using U.S. currency or other similarly liquid assets, as specified. Permitted issuers must also publicly disclose their redemption policy and publish monthly the details of their reserves.
The bill specifies requirements for (1) reusing reserves; (2) providing safekeeping services for stablecoins; and (3) supervisory, examination, and enforcement authority over federal-qualified issuers.
The bill places a two-year moratorium on new endogenously collateralized stablecoins (i.e., stablecoins that rely on the value of another digital asset created or maintained by the same originator to maintain the fixed price).
Under the bill, permitted payment stablecoins are not considered securities under securities law. However, permitted issuers are subject to the Bank Secrecy Act for anti-money laundering and related purposes.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2392
A BILL
STABLE Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI-1) · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Finance and Financial Sector · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 6, 2025: “Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 68.”
Numbers that changed
Dollar amounts, dates and percentages, taken word for word from the text| Section | Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sec. 3Time period | Limitation on who may issue a payment stablecoin…(1) In general After the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date of enactment of…Introduced → Committee version | 2-year | 18-month |
Listed only when one value replaced another and the surrounding words stayed the same. Open a section to read the full wording.
Sections
Opens on the most recent version where something changedSections · 9
- Sec. 2DefinitionsChanged
- Sec. 3Limitation on who may issue a payment stablecoinChanged
- Sec. 4Requirements for issuing payment stablecoinsChanged
- Sec. 7State qualified payment stablecoin issuersChanged
- Sec. 8Customer protectionChanged
- Sec. 9Rule of constructionChanged
- Sec. 10Interoperability standardsChanged
- Sec. 12Studies and reportsChanged
- Sec. 14Authority of banking institutionsChanged