S. 2326 · 119th Congress

Payment Choice Act of 2025

Introduced on Jul 17, 2025 by Kevin Cramer (R-ND). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jul 17, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 17, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 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

A bill 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.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Kevin CramerR-NDSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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

History

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  1. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 17, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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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. CONTROLTEK4 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  2. Cennox, Inc.4 reports
  3. Diebold Nixdorf4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INC$105.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Fifth Third Bank4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$49.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. G+D Currency Techology America, Inc.4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  6. Loomis Armored US4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOOMIS ARMORED US LLC$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Lowers Risk Group4 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL PAWNBROKERS ASSOCIATION INC4 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  9. NCR Atleos4 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)
  10. Rochester Armored Car Co., Inc.4 reports
    Federal contractor: ROCHESTER ARMORED CAR CO INC$73.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Sesami Corporation4 reports
  12. THE BRINK'S COMPANY4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BRINK'S, INCORPORATED$293.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. WESTERN UNION COMPANY4 reports
  14. National Armored Car Association3 reports
  15. Davis Bancorp2 reports
  16. National Automated Merchandising Association2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.