Someone at the White House apparently decided that sorting out crypto regulation was more urgent than military drills. The administration’s negotiator for the CLARITY Act has deferred mandatory Army National Guard training to remain at the table during final-stage negotiations on the bill, a move that speaks volumes about the intensity of the current legislative push.
The decision comes as Congress races against its mid-July recess deadline, with bipartisan talks reaching a critical phase.
What the CLARITY Act actually does
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, formally designated as H.R. 3633, is Washington’s most serious attempt yet to draw clean jurisdictional lines in the crypto regulatory turf war. Under the bill’s framework, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would take primary authority over digital commodities, which covers most non-stablecoin tokens. The Securities and Exchange Commission, meanwhile, would regulate digital assets that behave more like securities.
Rep. French Hill, the Arkansas Republican, introduced the bill on May 29, 2025. It cleared the House on July 17, 2025, with a 294-134 vote. The Senate Banking Committee then approved it on May 14, 2026, by a 15-9 vote, sending it toward full Senate consideration.
