,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bedc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1     
#bjba,mr4 ,hagerty 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,warner1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,cramer1    
,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,scott 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,braun1 and ,mr4      
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require a study on the      
national security implications of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china's efforts 
to create an official digital currency4 
#a4 ,study on the creation of an        
official digital currency by the        
,people's ,republic of ,china  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,president shall submit to the      
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the short-1 medium-1 and      
long-term national security risks       
associated with the creation and use of 
the official digital renminbi of the    

,people's ,republic of ,china1          
including-- 7#a7 risks arising from     
potential surveillance of transactions2 
7#b7 risks related to security and      
illicit finance2 and  7#c7 risks related
 to economic coercion and social control
 by the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  
7b7 ,form of report ,the report required
 by subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in
 unclassified form but may include a    
classified annex4  7c7 ,appropriate     
committees of ,congress defined ,in this
 section1 the term appropriate          
committees of ,congress means-- 7#a7 the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on  
,appropriations1 and the ,select        
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on    
,financial ,services1 the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on    
,appropriations1 and the ,permanent     
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives4