- US Home voted 228-184 in favor of overriding President Joe Biden’s veto of H.J.Res. 109 on SAB 121.
- The vote nonetheless fell in need of required two-thirds majority.
The US Home of Representatives has did not override US president Joe Biden’s veto on laws that sought to nullify SEC’s Employees Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121.
Biden vetoed H.J.Res. 109, a decision that sought to disapprove of the SAB 121 on Could 31, 2024. This got here after the US Congress had handed H.J.Res. 109 with bipartisan help.
On July 11, the US Home of Representatives voted in a contemporary bid to throw out the SEC’s controversial rule that requires banks that custody crypto so as to add this to their stability sheets beneath liabilities.
Vote fails to succeed in two-thirds majority
The Home voted 228 in favor of overriding the veto.
Nevertheless, this fell quick as this didn’t meet the two-thirds majority threshold required to nullify the president’s motion. The Home managed 228-184 however the vote wanted 290 to cross.
Lawmaker says vote sends message
The US Congress has not overridden any of the 12 vetoes that Biden has issued since taking workplace in 2021, with the requirement of a two-thirds majority a significant hurdle amid the political divide of Democrats versus Republicans.
This failure to overturn the veto means SAB 121 stands and that banks are prone to discover it unappealing to supply crypto custody companies.
Nevertheless, Rep. Mike Flood says the vote has “despatched a message {that a} bipartisan majority of the Home continues to help repealing SAB 121.”
He added in a press release posted on X:
“Banks have lengthy been America’s most trusted custodians, and regulators ought to work with them to allow them to present the identical companies for digital property that they should different asset lessons via the years.”
Rep. Flood says he’ll proceed to work with others within the Home to search out “pathways” in direction of ending SAB 121.
