Key Takeaways
- The Mined in America Act would create a voluntary federal certification program for U.S. digital asset mining facilities and mining pools.
- Certified operators would be expected to phase out hardware tied to foreign adversaries, with support coming through existing federal programs.
- The bill would also put President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law.
A new Senate bill would combine Bitcoin mining policy, domestic manufacturing and the Federal Reserve debate into one package.
On March 30, Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming introduced the Mined in America Act, a bill aimed at supporting U.S.-based digital asset mining while giving the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a firmer legal basis.
What the Bill Would Do
According to Cassidy’s office, the bill would direct the Department of Commerce to create a voluntary “Mined in America” certification for cryptocurrency mining facilities and mining pools.
To qualify, operators would need to move away from mining hardware made by companies linked to foreign adversaries.
The public summary does not yet say which firms would be covered or how that transition would be enforced.
The bill would also rely on existing federal energy and rural-development programs to support the shift.
It would direct NIST and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to help strengthen U.S. production of secure, energy-efficient mining equipment.
The other major part of the bill is the reserve. It would establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve within the Treasury Department through legislation.
How It Fits With the Reserve Plan
The reserve section builds on the White House executive order signed on March 6, 2025.
That order directed the Treasury Secretary to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve capitalized with BTC already held by the government through criminal or civil asset forfeiture and certain civil money penalties.
It also created a separate United States Digital Asset Stockpile for digital assets other than Bitcoin.
Under the order, Bitcoin placed into the reserve is to be kept as a U.S. reserve asset and generally is not to be sold.
The order also directed the Treasury and Commerce to explore budget-neutral strategies to acquire more BTC, provided taxpayers do not incur additional costs.
Putting the reserve into law would make it harder to reverse than an executive order alone.
Related News in Washington
The bill also arrives amid a broader reserve push.
On March 11, 2025, Lummis and other lawmakers introduced the BITCOIN Act of 2025, a bill meant to codify a national Strategic Bitcoin Reserve framework after the White House order.
That makes the new mining bill an extension of an already active policy lane.
The reserve concept was already moving through Washington; the Mined in America Act adds an industrial-policy layer by tying federal Bitcoin strategy to domestic mining capacity, hardware sourcing and manufacturing support.
This is an inference from how the proposals fit together and from the sponsors’ stated goals.
What Is Still Missing
The public summary outlines the broad contours of the bill, but several details remain missing.
There is no full public breakdown yet of the certification standards, the definition of “foreign adversary” hardware, the transition timeline for certified operators, or how federal support programs would be used in practice.
There is also the legislative question. The bill has been introduced, but it still has to move through Congress.
The Bigger Picture
The Mined in America Act shows how U.S. crypto policy is moving into a wider arena.
This proposal touches on mining, manufacturing, energy, supply chains and sovereign asset policy in a single package.
It also shows how Washington is increasingly tying Bitcoin to industrial capacity, hardware security and state strategy.
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