AARP Backs CLARITY Act Ahead of Senate Banking Markup
AARP, the nation‘s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for 125 million Americans age 50 and older, expressed strong support for provisions in the CLARITY Act market structure legislation released ahead of the Senate Banking Committee’s May 14 markup. The group urged lawmakers to preserve Section 205, which would require kiosk operators to register with the Treasury Department as money transmitters while protecting state power to regulate the machines. In a letter dated May 13 from Bill Sweeney, AARPs senior vice president of government affairs, to Chairman Tim Scott and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, the group described Section 205 as a critical safeguard against kiosk fraud targeting older Americans. The letter urged lawmakers to preserve both the Treasury registration requirement and the provision protecting state regulatory authority as the bill advances through markup and beyond. AARP described kiosks as one of the fastest-growing fraud vectors affecting older Americans. The organization also thanked the committee for incorporating the language into the legislation released before the markup. AARP wrote: “We write to express our strong support for provisions in the market structure legislation released ahead of the Committees markup.” kiosks now operate in supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, bars, and restaurants nationwide. Scammers impersonating government officials,









