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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 1664
Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-02-27Topic: economy jobsSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceDeploying American Blockchains Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to support the leadership of the United States in the use of blockchain technology and other distributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization. Generally, blockchain technology is a distributed digital ledger that uses cryptography to share verified information across a network of computers. Tokens refer to the transferrable, digital representation of information recorded on blockchain technology and tokenization is the process of creating a token. Specifically, Commerce must advise the President on policies related to the deployment and use of blockchain technology and other distributed ledger technology, applications built on blockchain technology or other distributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization. Commerce also must establish advisory committees to support the adoption of blockchain technology to facilitate the development of best practices with respect to blockchain technology, applications built on blockchain technology, tokens, and tokenization. Commerce must report annually on the activities under this bill and provide any recommendations for additional legislation to strengthen U.S. competitiveness with respect to blockchain technology.
Sponsors
- Kat Cammack Republican sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-24 | Senate | Received in the Senate. | refer |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2025-06-23 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2855-2856) | |
| 2025-06-23 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2855-2856) | floor pass | |
| 2025-06-23 | House | DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 1664. | |
| 2025-06-23 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1664. | |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2855-2857) | |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | |
| 2025-04-24 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47. | |
| 2025-04-24 | House | Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-70. | report |
| 2025-04-24 | Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-70. | report | |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | refer |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | refer |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | refer |
| 2025-02-27 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-02-27 | Introduced in House | introduce |