I will direct the Small Business Administration to create learning modules to help small businesses evaluate the use of digital assets such as cryptocurrency for their operations.

Hillary J. Scholten · Michigan · Democratic

policy impact 0.45 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 78%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Direct the Small Business Administration to create learning modules for small businesses on evaluating digital assets such as cryptocurrency.. Promised outcome: Small businesses would have reliable educational resources to assess the benefits, drawbacks, logistics, tax implications, and security risks of adopting digital assets.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official House press release announcing Rep. Hillary Scholten's introduction of the COIN Act during her federal congressional term for Michigan's 3rd District.

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This legislation would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create learning modules to help small businesses learn how to evaluate the use of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, for their operations.

Scholten's COIN Act would require the SBA to create learning modules helping small businesses evaluate whether and how to use digital assets.

Congresswoman Scholten Introduces COIN Act to Help Small Businesses Evaluate Uses of Digital Assets | Representative Hillary Scholten
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Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo metadata shows Scholten introduced H.R. 10399 and it was referred to the House Small Business Committee, indicating effort but no enacted result in the cited record.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10399 (IH) - Currency Options, Information, and Navigation Act - BILLS-119hr10399ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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``(1) establish and maintain educational resources and modules for small business concerns with information on digital assets; and ``(2) make such educational resources and modules publicly available on an existing online learning platform of the Administration.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text matches the commitment's mechanism by directing SBA to establish digital-asset educational modules, but the bill text itself is only a proposal.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10399 Introduced in House Text
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The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall establish the educational resources and modules required by section 49 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as added by this Act, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill would trigger SBA implementation only after enactment, so introduction alone does not deliver the promised SBA learning modules.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10399 Introduced in House Text
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This legislation would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create learning modules to help small businesses learn how to evaluate the use of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, for their operations.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Scholten's office announced the COIN Act during the lookback window as an effort toward the promise, but described it prospectively as legislation that would direct SBA action.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Press Releases | Representative Hillary Scholten
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Verified evidence shows Scholten introduced H.R. 10399 and that the bill would require SBA to create and publish digital-asset educational resources, matching the promised mechanism. But the verified passages show only introduction/referral and proposed bill text, with SBA implementation triggered only after enactment. There is no verified evidence that the bill was enacted or that SBA created the modules, so introduction counts as attributable effort, not delivery or partial outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%