{"id":24726,"date":"2026-03-31T06:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/u-s-senators-push-mined-in-america-act-to-cut-reliance-on-chinese-miners\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:43:33","slug":"u-s-senators-push-mined-in-america-act-to-cut-reliance-on-chinese-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/u-s-senators-push-mined-in-america-act-to-cut-reliance-on-chinese-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. senators push \u201cMined in America Act\u201d to cut reliance on Chinese miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p>Republican senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis have introduced a new bill that seeks to bring Bitcoin mining manufacturing back to the U.S. and support the establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_a06213791158ba921c3c1fa8971dce70\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Republican senators introduced the Mined in America Act to promote domestic Bitcoin mining hardware and establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.<\/li>\n<li>Certified mining facilities would be required to phase out foreign-sourced equipment and shift toward U.S.-manufactured hardware.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. miners faced recent shipment delays and rising scrutiny as tensions with China and security concerns around Bitmain intensified.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the two senators introduced the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cassidy.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cassidy-lummis-introduce-bill-to-boost-u-s-digital-asset-mining-back-president-trumps-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mined in America Act<\/a>,\u201d which will offer a voluntary certification framework for crypto mining facilities and mining pools.<\/p>\n<p>Facilities receiving the certification would be required to phase out mining equipment linked to \u201cforeign adversaries,\u201d and transition toward domestically manufactured hardware.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to support domestic firms in developing more secure and energy-efficient crypto mining equipment. It also seeks to codify efforts to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital asset mining is a big part of our economy. We should be doing it here in America,\u201d Cassidy said in a separate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cassidy.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cassidy-lummis-introduce-bill-to-boost-u-s-digital-asset-mining-back-president-trumps-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S.-China tensions impact the mining sector<\/h1>\n<p>The U.S. is currently the largest contributor by hashrate and accounts for about 38% of the Bitcoin network. However, over the years, the domestic mining sector has faced operational challenges, particularly due to trade tensions with China.<\/p>\n<p>China continues to dominate the mining hardware supply chain, with two of the largest manufacturers, Bitmain and MicroBT, controlling the bulk of global production.<\/p>\n<p>In March, U.S. mining firms were impacted by delays after U.S. customs authorities suspended shipments of mining equipment at ports, citing concerns over radio frequency emissions.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Senator Elizabeth Warren raised concerns tied to Bitmain, requesting details from the Commerce Department on potential national security risks linked to the company\u2019s hardware.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis have introduced a new bill that seeks to bring Bitcoin mining manufacturing back to the U.S. and support the establishment of a Strategic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24728,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions\/24728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}