119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1664 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to take actions nec-
essary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness 
of the United States related to the deployment, use, 
application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology 
or other distributed ledger technology, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deploying American 
Blockchains Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER DIS-
TRIBUTED
LEDGER
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term 
‘‘blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology’’ means a distributed digital database 
where data is— 
(A) shared across a network of computers 
to create a ledger of verified information among 
network participants; 
(B) linked using cryptography to maintain 
the integrity of the ledger and to execute other 
functions; and 
(C) distributed among network partici-
pants in an automated fashion to concurrently 
update network participants on the state of the 
ledger and other functions. 
(2) COVERED NONGOVERNMENTAL REPRESENT-
ATIVES.—The term ‘‘covered nongovernmental rep-
resentatives’’ means representatives as specified in 
the second sentence of section 135(b)(1) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(b)(1)), except
United States with respect to the deployment, use, appli-
cation, and competitiveness of blockchain technology or 
other distributed ledger technology, applications built on 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization, including by— 
(1) developing policies and recommendations on 
issues and risks related to the deployment, use, ap-
plication, and competitiveness of blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, appli-
cations built on blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization, 
including the issues of decentralized identity, cyber-
security, key storage and security systems, artificial 
intelligence, fraud reduction, regulatory compliance, 
e-commerce, health care applications, and supply 
chain resiliency; 
(2) supporting and promoting the stability, 
maintenance, 
improvement, 
and 
security 
of 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology, applications built on blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, to-
kens, and tokenization; 
(3) helping to promote the leadership of the 
United States with respect to the deployment, use, 
application, and competitiveness of blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, appli-
cations built on blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization 
through the establishment of a Blockchain Deploy-
ment Program in the Department of Commerce; 
(4) promoting the national security and eco-
nomic security of the United States with respect to 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology, applications built on blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, to-
kens, and tokenization; 
(5) supporting engagement with the public to 
promote the best practices described in subsection 
(c); 
(6) considering policies and programs to en-
courage and improve coordination among Federal 
agencies 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
deployment 
of 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology, applications built on blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, to-
kens, and tokenization; 
(7) examining— 
(A) how Federal agencies can benefit from 
utilizing blockchain technology or other distrib-
uted ledger technology, applications built on
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(B) the current use by Federal agencies of 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(C) the current and future preparedness 
and ability of Federal agencies to adopt 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization; and 
(D) additional security measures Federal 
agencies may need to take to— 
(i) safely and securely use blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization, including 
to ensure the security of critical infrastruc-
ture; and 
(ii) enhance the resiliency of Federal 
systems against cyber threats to blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(8) supporting coordination of the activities of 
the Federal Government related to the security of 
blockchain technology and other distributed ledger 
technology, applications built on blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, to-
kens, and tokenization; and 
(9) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, establishing advisory com-
mittees to support the adoption of blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, appli-
cations built on blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization, 
the membership of which shall include— 
(A) the Secretary; 
(B) representatives of Federal agencies (as 
determined necessary by the Secretary); and 
(C) nongovernmental stakeholders with ex-
pertise related to blockchain technology or other 
distributed ledger technology, including— 
(i) blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology infrastructure