[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3136-S3137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1615. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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       At the end of subtitle C of title I of division C, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 3124. NONRECOGNITION OF DIGITAL CURRENCY ISSUED BY 
                   PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA.

       The United States may not--
       (1) recognize as legal tender, or authorize payments using, 
     any digital currency issued by the People's Bank of China; or
       (2) permit, agree to, or enable any interoperability with 
     any such currency.
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