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119-s-1492119th Congress

Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Moreno, Bernie [R-OH]

In Committee

Summary

Federal coordination of blockchain deployment and standards. This bill would designate the Secretary of Commerce as the President's lead advisor on blockchain policy and create a National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Committee to develop best practices, promote interoperability, and coordinate federal activity.

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  • Federal agencies would get a centralized compendium of best practices, comparative analyses that quantify potential cost savings, and recommendations for additional security measures to support adoption of distributed ledger technology.
  • Industry, developers, small and medium businesses, artists, and nonprofit groups would be invited as covered nongovernmental representatives to help shape voluntary standards, standardized terminology, open-source tools, and public research to ease adoption.
  • National security and critical infrastructure would receive focused study on cybersecurity, key storage, decentralized identity, artificial intelligence interactions, fraud reduction, and supply chain resiliency. The committee would begin annual reports two years after enactment and would sunset seven years after enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

National blockchain advisory and guidance

If enacted, the bill would make the Secretary of Commerce the President's main advisor on blockchain policy. The Secretary would set up a National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Committee within 180 days to study deployment, cybersecurity, tokens, identity, AI, supply chains, and related issues. The committee would end seven years after enactment and must produce a final report at least 18 months before it ends. The Secretary would also publish a public compendium of best practices on interoperability, hashing, key storage, cybersecurity, and cost‑saving analyses, and start annual public reports two years after enactment. The bill would require stakeholder consultation and public research but would not require private companies to share data or to follow the recommendations.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moreno, Bernie [R-OH]

OH • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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