The U.S. Senate has scheduled the next procedural step for the CLARITY Act, a digital asset market structure bill. However, the vote scheduled for September 15, 2026, is not a final vote on passage of the bill itself. It is a cloture proceeding on the motion to proceed, a step related to beginning consideration on the Senate floor.
Key Change
The official short title of H.R. 3633 is the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. According to the GovInfo record, the bill was received in the Senate on June 1, 2026, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The Senate’s official schedule states that the related cloture is scheduled to ripen at 2:15 p.m. on September 15, 2026.
The September 15 proceeding is not a “bill passage date”; it is a procedural schedule related to whether consideration will begin on the Senate floor.
Current Status
The Senate Banking Committee announced that on May 14, 2026, it advanced H.R. 3633 out of committee by a vote of 15–9. The bill has since been scheduled for Senate floor proceedings.
In an explanation released on July 22, 2026, Senator Cynthia Lummis said that the latest CLARITY Act text incorporated work from the Senate Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee. The bill’s official description addresses the digital asset market structure and the SEC and CFTC regulatory framework for digital commodities.
Impact
The schedule is a procedural signal that the U.S. Congress may move its discussion of the digital asset regulatory framework to the next stage. SEC Chair Paul Atkins also said on August 18, 2026, that he would continue supporting the enactment of the CLARITY Act.
However, based on the materials currently confirmed, the following claims cannot be stated definitively:
- That the September 15 vote alone would make the CLARITY Act law
- That the bill would automatically establish XRP’s legal classification
- That passage of the bill would guarantee an increase or decrease in XRP’s price
Accordingly, in connection with XRP, it is necessary to distinguish the bill’s schedule from the actual final text and subsequent legislative steps.
Next Checkpoint
Based on the current schedule, the next major checkpoint is 2:15 p.m. on September 15, 2026. However, the schedule and bill text may change before the proceeding.
The items to check are:
- Whether the cloture proceeding shown on the Senate’s official schedule has changed
- The latest Senate text of H.R. 3633
- How consideration and voting proceed after the motion to proceed
- Whether the process leads to final passage and presidential signing
Sources: [GovInfo H.R. 3633 bill record](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr3633rs), [U.S. Senate Daily Press](https://www.dailypress.senate.gov/monday-august-31-2026/), [U.S. Senate Cloture Record](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/119.htm), [Senate Banking Committee announcement](https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/chairman-scott-senate-banking-committee-advance-clarity-act-in-historic-bipartisan-vote), [Senator Lummis’s announcement of the latest text](https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-releases-updated-clarity-act-text/), [SEC statement](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/atkins-statement-regulation-crypto-assets-081826)
Verified as of: September 2, 2026