H.R. 4128 · 118th Congress

Payment Choice Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 14, 2023 by Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10). 17 cosponsors, 8 of them from another party. Latest action (May 7, 2024): ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Rose asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4128, a bill originally introduced by Representative Payne, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 14, 2023
Cosponsors
17
8 from the other party
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To ensure that United States currency is treated as legal tender to be accepted as payment for purchases of goods and services at brick-and-mortar businesses throughout the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Consumer affairs
  • Inflation and prices
  • Retail and wholesale trades

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 14, 2023). Public domain.

Payment Choice Act of 2023

This bill requires retail businesses to accept cash as a form of payment for on-site sales of $500 or less, and it prohibits them from charging cash-paying customers a higher price compared to customers not paying with cash. Businesses covered by this bill are those engaged in the business of selling or offering goods or services at retail to the public that accept in-person payments at a physical location.

The bill provides for enforcement through preventative relief, damages, and civil penalties.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Donald M. Payne, Jr.D-NJ-10Sponsor

Democrats · 9

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. May 7, 2024 · HouseASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Rose asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4128, a bill originally introduced by Representative Payne, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. INFiN, A Financial Services Alliance (f/k/a Financial Service Centers America)11 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)
  2. ABBOTT LABORATORIES5 reports
    Federal contractor: ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$90M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION$443.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. Infectious Diseases Society of America5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICAAI match · 100%
  5. Life Sciences Pennsylvania5 reports
    $11K reported (all issues)
  6. NCR Atleos4 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  7. National Armored Car Association4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  8. Fifth Third Bank3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$49.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. G+D Currency Techology America, Inc.3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  10. Loomis Armored US3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOOMIS ARMORED US LLC$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Lowers Risk Group3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  12. THE BRINK'S COMPANY3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BRINK'S, INCORPORATED$293.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. NCR Atleos (AKA Cardtronics USA, Inc) (FKA NCR Corporation)2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  14. Davis Bancorp1 report

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.