119th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance
S. 1705: Chip Security Act
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Summary
This bill requires covered integrated circuit products (e.g., advanced computing chips) to incorporate certain security mechanisms.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Commerce to require any covered integrated circuit product to have chip security mechanisms that implement location verification before the product is exported, reexported, or in-country transferred to or in a foreign country.
Commerce must require any person that has received a license or other authorization under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a covered product to promptly report to Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security if the person obtains credible information that the product has been diverted away from its intended location or has been subjected to tampering.
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Commerce must, in coordination with the Department of Defense (DOD), conduct an assessment and report to Congress on whether additional chip security mechanisms should be adopted. If Commerce determines additional security measures are necessary, then Commerce must require any covered product to include the secondary chip security mechanisms before the product is exported, reexported, or in-country transferred to or in a foreign country.
The bill authorizes Commerce to take certain enforcement actions, such as verifying the ownership and location of a covered product that has been exported, reexported, or in-country transferred to or in a foreign country.
Commerce must coordinate with DOD, within two years of the bill's enactment and annually thereafter for three years, to assess new chip security mechanisms and report to Congress.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Margaret Hassan D-NH
- Cynthia Lummis R-WY
- Brian Schatz D-HI
- Jim Banks R-IN
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Dave McCormick R-PA
- Joshua Hawley R-MO
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV
- John Kennedy R-LA
- Thom Tillis R-NC
- Tommy Tuberville R-AL
- Angela Alsobrooks D-MD
- Mark Kelly D-AZ
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI
- Charles Schumer D-NY
- Ashley Moody R-FL
- Eric Schmitt R-MO
- Rick Scott R-FL
Who scored on this bill
- 1Tom Cotton SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Tom Cotton.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.