Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act on March 30, linking US BTC mining, domestic manufacturing, and federal reserve policy in one proposal. The bill would support American-based digital asset mining and give the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a stronger legal footing. It would also direct federal agencies to back secure mining hardware and use existing energy and rural-development programs to help the shift.
The proposal would direct the Department of Commerce to create a voluntary “Mined in America” certification for mining facilities and mining pools. To qualify, operators would need to move away from mining hardware made by companies tied to foreign adversaries. Still, the public summary does not identify the firms covered or explain how the transition would work.
At the same time, the bill reaches beyond mining policy. It connects Bitcoin strategy to supply chains, hardware security, energy programs, and federal asset policy. That wider scope places digital asset mining inside a broader industrial framework.
Can one bill tie mining, manufacturing, and a federal Bitcoin reserve into one national strategy?
Under the bill, the Commerce Department would oversee a voluntary certification program for cryptocurrency mining operators. That program would focus on facilities and mining pools that align with US -based sourcing goals. In turn, certified operators would need to shift away from certain foreign-linked mining hardware.
The summary leaves several issues unresolved. It does not define which companies count as linked to foreign adversaries. It also does not set out a clear timeline for operators to replace equipment.
Federal support would come through programs that already exist. The bill would rely on current energy and rural-development programs to help miners adjust. As a result, the proposal tries to use established federal tools instead of building a new support structure from scratch.
The manufacturing section reaches further into the supply chain. It would direct NIST and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to help expand US production of secure, energy-efficient mining equipment. That step ties mining policy to domestic hardware development.
In some ways, the approach mirrors the Chips and Science Act of 2022. That law set aside federal funding for domestic chip manufacturing after pandemic-era supply chain problems exposed US dependence on regions such as Taiwan. Here, lawmakers apply a similar domestic-capacity logic to Bitcoin mining hardware.
The bill arrives as miners increasingly pivot toward artificial intelligence. That shift comes as Bitcoin mining profitability faces pressure after the asset retreats from all-time highs. Cassidy also said Bitcoin mining could support blue-collar job creation as AI-driven data center buildouts accelerate.
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The second major section would establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve within the Treasury Department through legislation. That move would build on the White House executive order signed on March 6, 2025. The order directed the Treasury Secretary to create a reserve funded with Bitcoin already held by the government.
That order said the reserve would use BTC obtained 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 in the reserve is to remain a US reserve asset and generally is not to be sold.
The executive order also told the Treasury and Commerce to explore budget-neutral ways to acquire more BTC without adding costs to taxpayers. By putting the reserve into law, Congress would make the framework harder to reverse. That legal step gives the reserve concept a firmer base than executive action alone.
The new bill also follows another reserve proposal. On March 11, 2025, Lummis and other lawmakers introduced the BITCOIN Act of 2025 to codify a national Strategic Bitcoin Reserve framework after the White House order. For that reason, the reserve idea already had momentum before this mining bill appeared.
Even so, the Mined in America Act adds a new layer. It ties federal Bitcoin policy to domestic mining capacity, hardware sourcing, and manufacturing support. That reading follows from the bill’s structure and from the sponsors’ stated goals.
For now, several questions remain open. The public summary does not spell out certification standards, transition rules, or how support programs would operate in practice. The bill has been introduced, but it still must move through Congress.
The Mined in America Act combines Bitcoin mining policy, domestic manufacturing support, and the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into one Senate proposal. It would create a voluntary certification program, back secure US mining hardware, and put the federal Bitcoin reserve framework into law, though key implementation details remain unclear.