The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee has reportedly scheduled a Sept. 16 markup on crypto tax rules that could reshape taxation for Bitcoin miners, holders, and traders, according to unconfirmed reports attributed to Bloomberg. No official committee notice confirming the date, year, or agenda has been located, and a markup is only a committee working session—not final passage into law.
The reported step follows a documented Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation held June 9, 2026. Bills discussed in that hearing include H.R. 9178, the Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners Act, which would exclude gain or loss on digital assets used to pay network fees and on regulated U.S. dollar stablecoins, while creating a simplified accounting election. A separate bill, H.R. 9175, the Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act, would treat newly minted digital assets as ordinary income with an election to treat them similarly to self-created property—directly affecting how Bitcoin miners recognize block-reward income. A third measure, H.R. 9172, would extend wash-sale and constructive-sale rules to digital assets.
A June amendment from Steven Horsford proposed limiting the mining-and-staking deferral election to five years, but that proposal is not enacted law or confirmed September markup text. For Bitcoin specifically, mining provisions carry the most direct weight because reward income timing and characterization shape operator margins alongside energy costs and other pressures.
In parallel, Senate Republicans released a revised 630-page draft of the CLARITY Act on September 10, adding registration requirements for controlled or non-decentralized trading protocols under Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight. The revision directs the CFTC and Treasury to write rules for covered trading protocols, while ethics provisions were largely unchanged. The Senate cloture motion on H.R. 3633 is scheduled to ripen at 2:15 p.m. on September 15, with Majority Leader John Thune having filed the motion to proceed on August 8.
Until official markup notices and committee votes are published, the tax treatment of Bitcoin issuance and trading protocol registration remain proposals rather than settled law. Readers should monitor the official markup notice, exact bill numbers taken up, committee votes, and subsequent floor timing.
