Rep. French Hill confident House has votes to pass three different crypto bills

Rep. French Hill said on Wednesday that he believes the House not only has the votes required to pass the stablecoin-centric GENIUS Act, but also other crypto-related legislation, such as a market structure bill and a measure that would limit the federal government’s ability to create a central bank digital currency.

Hill’s comments, made during an interview with CNBC, follow President Donald Trump’s statement on Tuesday that there is enough support to pass the GENIUS Act, which had failed to move forward to a final vote in the House. The GENIUS Act, if passed, will establish rules like requiring stablecoins to be fully backed by U.S. dollars or similarly liquid assets, mandate annual audits for issuers with a market capitalization exceeding $50 billion, and form guidelines for foreign issuers.

“I believe that we do have the votes to advance the Senate GENIUS Act,” Hill said Wednesday. “We also have the House’s work on market structure, which we’ve worked through the House Ag committee and the House Financial Services committee; strong bipartisan support for that bill.”

Hill then added: “Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota … has his bill that blocks the federal government from creating a central bank digital currency through the Fed unless it’s done with the specific authorization through Congress … I believe the House has the votes for those three measures.”

In what has been billed as “Crypto Week,” Congress has been tasked with potentially voting on and passing both the GENIUS Act and the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, as well as considering a market structure bill that takes a whole-of-crypto approach and would create a clear regulatory framework for crypto.

The Clarity Act would designate how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will regulate crypto. The bill also requires digital asset firms to provide retail financial disclosures and segregate corporate and customer funds.