The Senate passed the Gain Act as part of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Bill
The US Senate has advanced the AI law under the National Defense Authorization Act, forcing chipmakers to serve US customers first before exporting advanced processors abroad.
On Thursday, the senators passed Guaranteed access and change for the National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026, or obtain a law, as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which requires AI and high-performance chipmakers to prioritize domestic orders before exporting their products.
The Achieve The law also gives Congress the right to deny export licenses for the highest AI processors and mandates export licenses for all products containing an “advanced integrated circuit.”
“For the past many years, US companies have faced regular backlogs in buying chips. In late 2024, the Nvidia Blackwell line has been booked about 12 months in advance,” According to In the policy of the advocacy group “American for responsible change.”
Applicants must demonstrate that all US orders are filled before granting the export license under the Ndaa For fiscal year 2026.
However, the Gain Ai Act is an Amendment to the NDAA, and the two must still be approved by the House of Representative and signed by the President before the law.
It leaves the final provisions in the NDAA to the conversation in Congress, with no guarantee that the Gain Act will be law in its current form, or at all.
Export restrictions on artificial intelligence and high-performance computer chips can negatively affect the crypto mining industry, which is universal in the scope and already Feeling the disease in the economy From trading tensions, by making hardware more difficult to obtain.
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Tariffs and trade wars hit the mining industry hard
The Trade Trade Tariffs US President Donald Trump announced in April Sent crypto prices that crashed And create more challenging conditions for the highly competitive mining industry.
The crypto mining hardware manufacturing depends on the international supply chains that are now subject to tariffs, which increases the cost of the hardware and reduces miner’s profitability.
Cleanspark, a US -based mining company, Faced with $ 185 million in responsibilities In July after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claimed some of the hardware mining ordered by the company from China.
Iren, another Crypto miner in the US, faces a $ 100 million fee for claiming that the hardware is subject to increasing trade duties.
Tariffs can also Lower prices of mining hardware outside the US.
Loss of Hash Power will undermine the stated purpose of the Trump administration to change the US to Crypto capital of the world.
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