S 4912 United States Senate · 118th Congress

BITCOIN Act of 2024

The BITCOIN Act of 2024 requires the U.S. Treasury to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for long-term government storage of Bitcoin. It mandates purchasing up to 1,000,000 Bitcoins over five years (200,000 annually), to be stored in secure offline facilities across the U.S. and held for a minimum of 20 years without sale. The bill also requires the Treasury to store Bitcoin acquired from network forks or airdrops and allows states to voluntarily place their Bitcoin in the reserve under segregated accounts. Funding for the program comes from adjustments to Federal Reserve surplus funds and gold certificate conversions.
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Introduced Jul 31, 2024 Last action Jul 31, 2024
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Jul 31, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Cynthia M. Lummis
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