Central Bank Digital Currency

House passed a roughly $901 billion NDAA after a narrow rules vote (215–211) and a 312–112 final tally, fending off a threatened conservative revolt after Speaker Mike Johnson made last‑minute promises to secure GOP support. The House package excludes federal preemption of state AI laws and a ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) but creates an Artificial Intelligence Futures Steering Committee, tightens outbound investment screening, bans certain China‑linked biotech and component vendors, includes a military pay raise and other riders, drops a proposed military “right‑to‑repair” mandate, and was followed by a Trump executive order attempting to preempt state AI rules administratively.