S4251-119

In Committee

Mined in America Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 26, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Mined in America Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mined in America Act of 2026.
  • Section id2f96f797604c49e3b4c3e60684ea7c0f: 2. Findings; purpose Congress finds that— blockchain and digital asset technologies serve an essential role in the future economic, technological, and...
  • Section idddeea7ae8a534578992b974958064620: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term certification program means the Mined in America Certification Program established under section 4(a). The terms demand...
  • Section id59ade9fdc4b54ee49a9b604a1e966ad8: 4. Mined in America Certification Program The Secretary shall establish a voluntary certification program, to be known as the Mined in America Certification...
  • Section iddf1bcdacc1e0423b95794cda46f3983a: 5. Program eligibility for certified compute infrastructure projects Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Mined in America Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Government Operations, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Mined in America Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Government Operations Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 26, 2026

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Government Operations Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"mined Bitcoin" §id91a84d56ccac4f3fa7e6e8a87b674ffb

Bitcoin that— was generated as part of a block subsidy or transaction fee included in a coinbase transaction resulting from proof-of-work mining on the Bitcoin blockchain (referred to in this section as a reward)

"mined Bitcoin" §ida108433ff26e42dba6a8c0c7c1702eba

Bitcoin that— was generated as part of a block subsidy or transaction fee included in a coinbase transaction resulting from proof-of-work mining on the Bitcoin blockchain (referred to in this section as a reward)

"mining pool" §idddeea7ae8a534578992b974958064620

a group of participants in a proof-of-work mining network that— combine their computational resources over a network to increase the probability of validating a block

"smart grid function" §iddf1bcdacc1e0423b95794cda46f3983a

in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1)— by striking (1) The Secretary shall and all that follows through proposals— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (1)In generalThe Secretary shall—

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