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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3633 (Reported in House) — To provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Com... · Sec. 309

Sec. 309. Exclusion for decentralized finance activities

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The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 15G the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person shall not be subject to this Act and the regulations promulgated under this Act based on the person directly or indirectly engaging in any of the following activities, whether singly or in combination, in relation to the operation of a blockchain system or in relation to a decentralized finance trading protocol:
Compiling network transactions or relaying, searching, sequencing, validating, or acting in a similar capacity. Providing computational work, operating a node or oracle service, or procuring, offering, or utilizing network bandwidth, or providing other similar incidental services. Providing a user-interface that enables a user to read and access data about a blockchain system. Developing, publishing, constituting, administering, maintaining, or otherwise distributing a blockchain system or a decentralized finance trading protocol.
Developing, publishing, constituting, administering, maintaining, or otherwise distributing a decentralized finance messaging system, or operating or participating in a liquidity pool, for the purpose of executing a contract of sale of a digital commodity. Developing, publishing, constituting, administering, maintaining, or otherwise distributing software or systems that create or deploy hardware or software, including wallets or other systems, facilitating an individual user’s own personal ability to keep, safeguard, or custody the user’s digital assets or related private keys.
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(a)shall not apply to the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation authorities of the Commission. .
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