US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill to Go to Committee Vote on Wednesday

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that the U.S. House Financial Services Committee plans to review H.R. 8957, the "American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026," on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, and the bill will enter the committee voting process. The bill was introduced by Representative Nick Begich, with Jared Golden as the only Democratic cosponsor. It proposes establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and creating a separate digital asset reserve for non-Bitcoin assets. The bill stipulates that compliant Bitcoin obtained by the federal government through forfeiture will be included in the reserve, and funds from the sale or exchange of non-Bitcoin assets may be used to purchase more Bitcoin or repay government debt. The Treasury Department and the Commerce Department will also study strategies for budget-neutral acquisition of more Bitcoin over the next five years, with the relevant provisions explicitly not authorizing funding for such purchases through borrowing, new taxes, or deficit spending. The committee review is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday.