According to Odaily Planet Daily, US House Republicans have included a provision banning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in their defense budget bill (HR 3838). The amendment prohibits the Federal Reserve from testing, developing, or implementing a CBDC under any name, with the sole exception of "any dollar-denominated, open, permissionless, private currency that fully guarantees the privacy protections of dollar coins and banknotes." (Decrypt)