S1492-119

Reported

To require the Secretary of Commerce support the leadership of the United States with respect to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Apr 10, 2025

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 21, 2025

Reported by Mr. Cruz, without amendment

Apr 10, 2025

Mr. Moreno (for himself, Ms. Blunt Rochester, and Mr. Sheehy) …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Designates Secretary of Commerce as principal advisor to President on blockchain technology policy. Creates National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Committee to support U.S. competitiveness in blockchain applications.

Who Benefits and How

  • Blockchain industry gains dedicated federal policy advocate
  • U.S. technology sector benefits from coordinated blockchain strategy
  • States receive federal coordination on blockchain applications

Who Bears the Burden and How

  • Commerce Department assumes new blockchain policy role
  • Federal agencies must coordinate through Commerce on blockchain matters

Key Provisions

  • Secretary advises President on blockchain deployment and competitiveness
  • Covers blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and tokenization
  • Establishes advisory committee with private sector input
  • Focus on deployment, use, application, and competitiveness
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 10, 2026 17:09

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Establishes Commerce Department leadership role for blockchain and distributed ledger technology policy

Policy Domains

Technology Commerce Digital Assets

Legislative Strategy

"Position U.S. for blockchain competitiveness through centralized policy leadership"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Digital Assets
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"blockchain technology" §2

Distributed digital database with cryptographically linked, network-shared data

"token" §2b

Transferable digital representation of information on blockchain

"tokenization" §2c

Process of creating a token

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