U.S. House Financial Services Committee to Consider H.R. 8957 Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill on September 16
- The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to vote on H.R. 8957, the '2026 U.S. Reserve Modernization Act,' on September 16 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
- The bill was introduced by Republican Representative Nick Begich with Democratic Representative Jared Golden as the sole Democratic co-sponsor.
- The legislation would establish a strategic bitcoin reserve within the Treasury Department and create a separate digital asset reserve for non-bitcoin assets.
- Bitcoin obtained by the federal government through forfeiture would be deposited into the reserve, while proceeds from selling non-bitcoin assets could be used to purchase additional bitcoin or reduce national debt.
- The bill requires the Treasury and Commerce Departments to study increasing bitcoin holdings over five years using a budget-neutral strategy, without authorizing new borrowing, taxes, or deficit spending.
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will vote on H.R. 8957, titled the '2026 U.S. Reserve Modernization Act,' on September 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The bill represents a significant legislative effort to establish a formal government bitcoin reserve.
Introduced by Republican Representative Nick Begich with Democratic Representative Jared Golden as the sole Democratic co-sponsor, the bill proposes creating a strategic bitcoin reserve within the Treasury Department. Additionally, it would establish a separate digital asset reserve for non-bitcoin cryptocurrency assets. Bitcoin acquired by the federal government through asset forfeiture would be deposited into this reserve.
The legislation permits proceeds from the sale or conversion of non-bitcoin digital assets to be allocated toward purchasing additional bitcoin or reducing the national debt. The bill also mandates that the Treasury Department and Commerce Department conduct a five-year study on strategies to increase bitcoin holdings through budget-neutral methods, explicitly prohibiting the use of new borrowing, tax increases, or deficit spending to finance such purchases.
美国众议院金融服务委员会将于9月16日审议战略比特币储备法案
美国众议院金融服务委员会将于2024年9月16日美东时间上午10点对《2026年美国储备现代化法案》(H.R. 8957)进行表决。该法案代表了建立正式政府比特币储备的重要立法努力。
该法案由共和党众议员尼克·贝格奇提出，民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登是唯一的民主党共同提案人。法案提议在财政部内创建战略比特币储备，并为非比特币加密资产建立单独的数字资产储备。联邦政府通过资产没收获得的比特币将存入该储备。
该立法允许出售或转换非比特币数字资产所得收益用于购买更多比特币或减少国债。法案还要求财政部和商务部进行为期五年的研究，探索通过预算中性方式增加比特币持有量的策略，明确禁止使用新增借款、税收增加或赤字支出来为此类购买融资。