The bill also includes the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act , prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals or indirectly.
Prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency directly to individuals or indirectly.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov says the bill would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, and its latest action was House passage by 219-210 (Roll no. 201).
Congress.gov lists the Senate companion as introduced on 2025-03-25 and referred to Banking, with no later action shown.
The engrossed House text would bar a Federal Reserve bank from issuing a central bank digital currency and from offering one indirectly through an intermediary.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 1919 as Passed House, with House passage on July 17, 2025 by 219-210, but not Passed Senate or Became Law.
The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 201 on H.R. 1919 as Passed, 219 yeas to 210 nays, and listed Rogers (KY) as voting Yea.
Congress.gov lists S. 1124 as Introduced, with latest action on March 25, 2025: read twice and referred to the Senate Banking Committee.
Executive Order 14178 states that agencies are prohibited, except as required by law, from actions to establish, issue, or promote CBDCs.
Assessments
Rogers materially supported a bill matching the promise: H.R. 1919 would prohibit Federal Reserve CBDC issuance directly to individuals and through intermediaries, and he voted yea when it passed the House on July 17, 2025. However, the measure has not passed the Senate or become law, and the Senate companion remains only introduced/referred. Executive Order 14178 restricts executive-branch CBDC activity, but it is not Rogers' legislation and does not enact the promised Federal Reserve statutory prohibition. The promise is therefore not fully delivered, but Rogers receives partial same-term credit for concrete House passage support and an effort badge for a serious legislative attempt.
Harold Rogers appears to deserve partial credit, not full delivery. In the 119th Congress he was a cosponsor of H.R. 1919, which would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency and passed the House on July 17, 2025. That is meaningful same-term legislative progress and shows direct candidate contribution. But the promised outcome was not fully delivered because the prohibition had not been enacted into federal law; the Senate companion S. 1124 was introduced on March 25, 2025 and remained referred to committee with no further action. Under a federal legislative standard, House passage alone is not fulfillment of the promise, but Rogers' cosponsorship and advancement of the measure justify partial credit and an effort badge.