Inventory Act of 2026

In this Act:

(1) Cryptographic key material. The term cryptographic key material means any cryptographic key, private key, public key, seed phrase, recovery phrase, mnemonic phrase, key share, multi-party computation share, authorization credential, digital signature credential, cryptographic parameter, or other cryptographic information or material, whether stored in physical, electronic, digital, or other form, that is used to generate, derive, authenticate, recover, authorize, validate, sign, transfer, or otherwise exercise custody, ownership, or control over a cryptocurrency or other distributed ledger technology-based digital asset.

(2) Digital asset. The term digital asset has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the Genius Act (12 U.S.C. 5901).

(3) Discovery and scanning tool. The term discovery and scanning tool means a technology software specifically designed to scan digital evidence and electronically stored information extracted from computers, servers, mobile devices, cloud environments, removable media, or other digital storage systems to locate, identify, validate, inventory, classify, and triage cryptocurrency private key material and other cryptocurrency-related artifacts for the purpose of discovering recoverable digital assets and supporting their audit, investigation, recovery, seizure, and forfeiture.

(4) Electronically stored information. The term electronically stored information means digital evidence, digital storage devices, electronic records, cloud-based data, and any other electronically stored data.

(5) Federal agency. The term Federal agency means any department, agency, bureau, office, or component of the United States Government, including the Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, Department of Homeland Security, Intelligence Community elements, regulatory agencies, and law enforcement agencies.

(6) Wallet material. The term wallet material means a software application, hardware device, physical medium, custodial service, digital account, or other technological mechanism used to generate, store, manage, secure, access, recover, or utilize digital asset cryptographic key material or other authentication credentials for the purpose of holding, accessing, transferring, receiving, or otherwise exercising custody or control over a cryptocurrency or other distributed ledger technology-based digital asset. The term includes custodial wallets, non-custodial wallets, hardware wallets, software wallets, mobile wallets, web-based wallets, multi-signature wallets, multi-party computation wallets, and any successor technologies that perform substantially similar functions.