BITCOIN Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on Bitcoin as a strategic national asset comparable to gold reserves, defines key definitions for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation including airdrop, cold storage, fork, and Bitcoin Purchase Program, and establishes decentralized Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with geographically distributed storage facilities, Treasury oversight, security consultations with DOD and DHS, and fork/airdrop retention rules. It relies on definition changes, procurement rules, appropriations, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Finance.
Who Benefits and How
Bitcoin market could gain revenue opportunities, Individual Bitcoin holders could face reduced risk, and Bitcoin market and holders could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
US Treasury Department would take on compliance duties, Federal Reserve banks could face higher costs, and Federal agencies holding Bitcoin would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings on Bitcoin as a strategic national asset comparable to gold reserves.
- Defines key definitions for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation including airdrop, cold storage, fork, and Bitcoin Purchase Program.
- Establishes decentralized Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with geographically distributed storage facilities, Treasury oversight, security consultations with DOD and DHS, and fork/airdrop retention rules.
- Provides bitcoin Purchase Program to acquire 200,000 BTC per year for 5 years (1M total), with 20-year minimum hold, no sales allowed during hold, and annual public reporting.
- Requires proof of Reserve system requiring quarterly public reports with cryptographic attestation, independent third-party auditing, and GAO oversight.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on Bitcoin as a strategic national asset comparable to gold reserves, defines key definitions for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation including airdrop, cold storage, fork, and Bitcoin Purchase Program, and establishes decentralized Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with geographically distributed storage facilities, Treasury oversight, security consultations with DOD and DHS, and fork/airdrop retention rules.
Key Policy Areas
Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings on Bitcoin as a strategic national asset comparable to gold reserves, defines key definitions for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation including airdrop, cold storage, fork, and Bitcoin Purchase Program, and establishes decentralized Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with geographically distributed storage facilities, Treasury oversight, security consultations with DOD and DHS, and fork/airdrop retention rules.
Policy Domains
Sections 2-3 - Findings and Definitions
Identified Gains
- Bitcoin market
- Individual Bitcoin holders
- Bitcoin market and holders
- Bitcoin businesses
- State governments with Bitcoin holdings
Identified Costs
- US Treasury Department
- Federal Reserve banks
- Federal agencies holding Bitcoin
- US taxpayers
- US Marshals Service
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Justice, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Moreno, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bitcoin businesses, Bitcoin holders, Bitcoin holders and investors
Exchange Stabilization Fund, Federal agencies holding Bitcoin, Federal treasury
Positive-direction: Exchange Stabilization Fund, Federal treasury, State governments with Bitcoin holdings
Negative-direction: Federal agencies holding Bitcoin, GAO, Taxpayers, US Marshals Service, US Treasury Department
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Gratuitous distribution of digital assets to Bitcoin holders in a broad, equitable, non-discretionary manner
Method of storing private keys with secure physical location, isolated from network connections
Change to consensus mechanism creating separate ledger and new digital asset sharing transaction history with Bitcoin
Decentralized network of secure Bitcoin storage facilities established under section 4(a)
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