S 8518 — Imposes an excise tax on energy used in digital asset mining using proof-of-work authentication methods
Congress · introduced 2025-10-01
Imposes an excise tax on any taxpayer engaged in the trade or business of digital asset mining; provides that taxes, interest, and penalties collected or received from such taxes shall be used for prompt assistance to utility customers enrolled in energy affordability programs.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — sponsor · 2025-10-01
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-10-01
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-10-01
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2025-10-01
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-10-01
- Gustavo Rivera (—, NY-33) — cosponsor · 2025-10-01
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | Liz Krueger | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-01 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-01 | Gustavo Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-01 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-01 | Cordell Cleare | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-01 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-10-01 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-01 · sponsored by Liz Krueger (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-01 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-01 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-01 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-01 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship