Senate Leaves CLARITY Act Off Monday Schedule With Five Days Left
The U.S. Senate's published floor schedule for Monday, 3 August 2026 lists no action on the CLARITY Act. Its only roll-call vote covers a stopgap funding bill, leaving five days before the August recess.
Monday's Senate schedule carries no CLARITY Act floor action
The U.S. Senate returned on Monday, 3 August 2026, with no floor action scheduled on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The chamber's published schedule sets a 3:00 p.m. start, followed by leader remarks and a period of morning business. Its single roll-call vote, at approximately 5:30 p.m., covers the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 6500, a vehicle for a continuing resolution. The CLARITY Act, formally H.R. 3633, does not appear anywhere on that schedule. The bill would divide U.S. oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The cloture ledger shows no petition for the bill
The Senate's cloture ledger for the 119th Congress records 276 motions filed between 3 January 2025 and 30 July 2026. None of them names H.R. 3633 or the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. A cloture petition is the formal step that starts the process of ending debate over a filibuster. Its absence does not remove the bill from the Senate's calendar. It does mean Senate leaders have not yet put a public procedural path in place.
Senate rules make Wednesday the practical filing deadline
Under Senate Rule XXII, an ordinary cloture petition requires 16 signatures. The cloture question is then presented one hour after the Senate meets on the second following calendar day. According to crypto.news, a filing on Wednesday, 5 August would therefore support a vote on Friday, 7 August. That vote would not pass the bill. It would decide only whether the Senate ends debate on the motion to proceed. Invoking cloture takes 60 votes. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats, so at least seven Democrats would have to join them.
The Senate's summer break starts on 10 August
The Senate's tentative 2026 legislative schedule lists 10 August through 11 September as a state work period. That makes Friday, 7 August the last scheduled session day before the break. Senators are due to return on 14 September. If no procedural vote happens this week, the bill's next opportunity falls after that date.
Thune does not expect passage before the August break
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters on 23 July 2026 that he did not expect the chamber to finish the bill before the recess. He said he wanted to begin floor consideration.
"I don't think we'll be able to get them done. I would like to at least get Clarity started. We'll see where the votes are", 23 July 2026. — John Thune, Majority Leader, United States Senate
The House passed H.R. 3633 by 294-134 on 17 July 2025. The Senate Banking Committee advanced its own version by 15-9 on 14 May 2026. Any Senate changes would return to the House before the bill could reach the president.
Bitcoin trades below $63,000 during the final Senate week
Bitcoin traded at $62,581 at the time of publication, down 0.75% over the past 24 hours (CoinPaprika, 3 August 2026). Measured from its record of $126,173 on 6 October 2025, the price stands 50.4% lower. Bitcoin's market value was $1.26 trillion.
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