Fair Taxation of Digital Assets in Puerto Rico Act of 2025
H.R. 2982119th Congress

Fair Taxation of Digital Assets in Puerto Rico Act of 2025

Introduced in the HouseRep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-7)11 sections · 1 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fair Taxation of Digital Assets in Puerto Rico Act of 2025.

(a) In general

Section 865 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

(1) In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the case of an individual described in section 933, any income derived in connection with—

(A) any receipt of any digital asset in connection with—

(i) mining, staking, or any similar activity with respect to any digital asset, or

(ii) holding any digital asset (including any fork or air drop of any digital asset), or

(B) any sale, exchange, or other disposition of a digital asset,

(1) In general

shall not be treated for purposes of this title as derived from sources within Puerto Rico.

(2) Treatment of financial interests

For purposes of this subsection, any financial interest in a digital asset shall be treated as a digital asset.

(3) Digital asset

For purposes of this subsection, the term digital asset means any digital representation of value which is recorded on a cryptographically-secured distributed ledger.

(b) Effective date

The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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