,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bfb #aahth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dhda
 ,report ,no4 #aah-cbc ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#be1 #bjbc,mr4 ,davidson introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,december #ai1 #bjbc,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,july #be1 #bjbc  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
prohibit ,federal agencies from         
restricting the use of convertible      
virtual currency by a person to purchase
 goods or services for the person's own 
use1 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,keep ,your ,coins ,act of #bjbc4  #b4  
,prohibition on restricting use of      
convertible virtual currency by a person

 to retain full control over convertible
 virtual currency  7a7 ,in general ,the 
head of a ,federal agency may not       
prohibit1 restrict1 or otherwise impair 
the ability of a covered user to-- 7#a7 
use convertible virtual currency or its 
equivalent for such user's own purposes1
 such as to purchase real or virtual    
goods and services for the user's own   
use2 or  7#b7 self-custody digital      
assets using a self-hosted wallet or    
other means to conduct transactions for 
any lawful purpose4  7b7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,convertible     
virtual currencies ,the term convertible
 virtual currency means a medium of     
exchange that-- 7,a7 has an equivalent  
value as currency 7as defined in section
 #ajaj4ajj of title #ca1 ,code of       
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations772 or  7,b7 acts as a       
substitute for currency but may not     
possess all the attributes 7including   
legal tender status7 specified under    
such section #ajaj4ajj 7or successor    

regulations74  7#b7 ,covered user ,the  
term covered user means a person that   
obtains convertible virtual currency to 
purchase goods or services on that      
person's own behalf1 without regard to  
the method in which such covered user   
obtained such convertible virtual       
currency4  7#c7 ,self-hosted wallet ,the
 term self-hosted wallet means a digital
 interface-- 7,a7 used to secure and    
transfer convertible virtual currency2  
and  7,b7 under which the owner of      
convertible virtual currency retains    
independent control over such           
convertible virtual currency that is    
secured by such digital interface4      
,december #ai1 #bjbc,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed