A Freshman Congressman from Nashville Wants to Make the National Bitcoin Reserve Permanent

Rep. Matt Van Epps, a freshman congressman from Nashville, is co-leading the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 to make President Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve permanent through legislation. The bill would establish a Bitcoin reserve within the U.S. Treasury to hold seized cryptocurrency, with any future sales restricted solely to reducing the national debt. Van Epps frames the legislation as both a fiscal necessity given the $39 trillion national debt and support for Nashville's growing role as a Bitcoin hub.