Key takeawaysFormer Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a member of Coinbase's Global Advisory Council, published a Financial Times op-ed calling the CLARITY Act "not merely a financial services bill" but "a national security bill" requiring urgent Senate passage. Esper's op-ed argues the bill extends Treasury's Section 311 Patriot Act authority over crypto. "This is why the Clarity Act, now before the Senate, is not merely a financial services bill. Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the CLARITY Act on Saturday before senators left for recess. What Happens September 15The September 15 cloture vote is a motion to proceed, not a final passage vote.