# 119-s-1492: Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025

119-s-1492, Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1492
- Congress: 119
- Title: Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National blockchain advisory and guidance: benefit, medium. 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. Th…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1492 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1492)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1492 (as of 2026-09-10).