Chip Security Act
Rep. Huizenga Introduces Chip Security Act to Track and Protect Advanced AI Chips Sent Overseas
The Chip Security Act is currently in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The committee recently voted to approve the bill, which means it is actively moving forward in the legislative process. There are no other scheduled actions at this time.
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Key Points
- This bill requires the Department of Commerce to create security standards for advanced computer chips before they can be exported. Within 180 days of enactment, all covered chips must include location verification technology so the government can confirm they stay where they are supposed to be.
From policy text
“Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require any covered integrated circuit product to be outfitted with chip security mechanisms that implement location verification, using techniques that are feasible and appropriate on such date of enactment, before it is exported, reexported, or in-country transferred to or in a foreign country.”
View in full text - Companies that export advanced AI chips or high-end computing hardware must report to the government if they learn a chip has been moved to the wrong location, diverted to an unauthorized user, or tampered with.
From policy text
“the Secretary shall require any person that has received a license or other authorization under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a covered integrated circuit product to promptly report to the Under Secretary of Industry and Security”
View in full text - Within one year, the Secretary of Commerce must study additional security measures like anti-tampering methods, workload verification, and the ability to modify the functionality of chips that have been stolen. The results and a roadmap for implementation go to Congress.
From policy text
“Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall-- (i) conduct an assessment to identify what additional mechanisms, if any, should be added to the primary chip security mechanisms required under subsection (a)(1)”
View in full text - Congress says the goal is to protect U.S. national security while still allowing allies to buy advanced computing hardware. Better chip security could actually make export controls more flexible by giving the government more confidence that chips will not be diverted.
From policy text
“implementing chip security mechanisms may help with the detection of smuggling or exploitation of advanced integrated circuits and computing hardware, thereby allowing for increased flexibility in export controls and opening the door for more international partners to receive streamlined and larger shipments of advanced computing hardware”
View in full text - The bill covers chips classified under specific export control numbers (3A090, 3A001.z, 4A090, 4A003.z), which are the most advanced AI and computing chips. Annual assessments of new security technologies would continue for several years after enactment.
From policy text
“an integrated circuit classified under Export Control Classification Number 3A090 or 3A001.z; (B) a computer or other product classified under Export Control Classification Number 4A090 or 4A003.z”
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
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Chip Security Act
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