Sixty votes on Sept. 15 would move the CLARITY Act closer to Senate floor consideration. The 2:15 p.m. EDT cloture vote is the first floor test for H.R.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed the motion to proceed early Saturday, setting up a mid-September showdown for the Clarity Act.

The CLARITY Act is moving toward Senate consideration as lawmakers negotiate crypto market-structure rules and ethics provisions.