{"id":72912,"date":"2026-05-22T09:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/us-lawmakers-introduce-arma-bill-to-codify-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-with-20-year-hold-and-1m-btc-goal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:52:43","slug":"us-lawmakers-introduce-arma-bill-to-codify-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-with-20-year-hold-and-1m-btc-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/us-lawmakers-introduce-arma-bill-to-codify-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-with-20-year-hold-and-1m-btc-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"US Lawmakers Introduce ARMA Bill to Codify Strategic Bitcoin Reserve With 20-Year Hold and 1M BTC Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The ARMA bill, backed by 14+ congressmen, aims for a 1M BTC federal reserve with a 20-year mandatory hold.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Begich and Golden\u2019s legislation authorizes the Treasury to buy up to 200,000 BTC annually for five years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The bill bans federal impairment of personal bitcoin ownership through an embedded self-custody clause.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Bipartisan ARMA Bill Targets 1 Million <span>Bitcoin<\/span> Reserve<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) and co-lead Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/begich.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">formally introduced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, known as ARMA, on May 21, backed by an immediate coalition of more than a dozen co-sponsors from both parties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The legislation looks to establish a Strategic <span>Bitcoin<\/span> Reserve within the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a separate Digital Asset Stockpile for other federally held <span>cryptocurrencies<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_816234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-816234\" style=\"width:1135px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-816234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: House.gov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The bill\u2019s headline provision is a 20-year mandatory holding period for any <span>bitcoin<\/span> acquired under the reserve, a clause designed to insulate the reserve from short-term political pressure and treat <span>bitcoin<\/span> as a long-term sovereign asset, on par with <span>gold<\/span> or strategic energy reserves rather than a tradable position subject to shifting administrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">On the acquisition side, ARMA would authorize the Treasury to purchase up to 200,000 <span>BTC<\/span> per year for five years, targeting a goal of 1 million <span>bitcoin<\/span> under federal custody. Purchases would be funded through \u201cbudget-neutral acquisition strategies,\u201d a provision that directs a formal study into how the government could expand the reserve without increasing taxes, adding to the deficit, or taking on new national debt obligations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The bill also establishes quarterly \u201cProof of Reserve\u201d reports and requires independent third-party audits of all federal digital asset holdings, creating a statutory transparency framework that the existing executive-order reserve (of holding only seized <span>bitcoin<\/span>) currently lacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ARMA Adds Self-Custody Protections as <span>Bitcoin<\/span> Reserve Momentum Builds<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The bill explicitly prohibits the federal government from impairing the lawful right of Americans to own, transfer, or self-custody digital assets, a provision aimed at preempting any future regulatory effort to restrict personal <span>bitcoin<\/span> ownership under the guise of national reserve management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Among the bill\u2019s co-sponsors are Representatives Buddy Carter (GA-01), Barry Moore (AL-01), Burgess Owens (UT-04), Mike Carey (OH-15), Michael Rulli (OH-06), Riley Moore (WV-02), Pat Harrigan (NC-10), Matt Van Epps (TN-07), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Abraham Hamadeh (AZ-08), and several others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ARMA arrives on the heels of a fast-moving legislative environment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin.com<\/a> News recently reporting that a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/white-house-patrick-witt-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-announcement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">White House adviser teased<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> an imminent \u201cbig announcement\u201d on the Strategic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a> Reserve, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/us-senators-unleash-new-bill-driving-bitcoin-mining-expansion-and-cementing-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> introduced separate Senate legislation (in late March) to formalize the reserve and expand domestic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-mining\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin mining<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">At the state level, too, at least <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/within-48-hours-2-us-states-enact-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-legislation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">two U.S. states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> enacted their own strategic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> reserve laws within a 48-hour window last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Looking ahead, the latest bill\u2019s bipartisan framing (with a Republican and a Democrat as co-leads) gives it a broader coalition than most digital asset legislation has managed to date. Even then, passage through the Senate still faces significant procedural hurdles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/arma-bill-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-20-year-hold-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways The ARMA bill, backed by 14+ congressmen, aims for a 1M BTC federal reserve with a 20-year mandatory hold. Begich and Golden\u2019s legislation authorizes the Treasury to buy up to 200,000 BTC annually for five years. 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