,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #be1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,braun1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of the
 digital currency payment system        
operated by the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,defending     
,americans from ,authoritarian ,digital 
,currencies ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on  
apps supporting e-,,cny financial       
technology in the ,united ,states  7a7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,app
 ,the term app means a software         
application or electronic service that  
may be run or directed by a user on a   
computer1 a mobile device1 or any other 
general purpose computing device4  7#b7 
,app store ,the term app store means a  

publicly available website1 software    
application1 or other electronic service
 that distributes applications from     
third-party developers to users of a    
computer1 a mobile device1 or any other 
general purpose computing device4  7#c7 
,covered company ,the term covered      
company means any person that owns or   
controls an app store in the ,united    
,states4  7#d7 e-,,cny ,the term e-,,cny
 means the official ,digital ,currency  
,electronic ,payment system operated by 
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china4  7b7 ,prohibition  
,a covered company shall not-- 7#a7     
support or enable transactions in       
e-,,cny on its app store within the     
,united ,states2 or  7#b7 carry or      
support any app in its app store within 
the ,united ,states that supports or    
enables transactions in e-,,cny4