Lawmakers Renew Push to Require Security Features on Exported Chips
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers issued a press release late July 7 calling on Congress to pass a bill that would require export-controlled advanced computing chips to contain location verification mechanisms.
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The Chip Security Act, which Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., introduced in May (see 2505090015 and 2505150035), is intended to prevent the diversion of AI technology to China.
“I know that we have the technical tools to prevent powerful AI technology from getting into the wrong hands,” said Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., a physicist who is co-sponsoring the bill. “With advanced AI chips being smuggled into China and posing a national security risk, Congress must act.”
The legislation has nine House co-sponsors, including the chairman and ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, and three Senate co-sponsors. The AI Policy Network, part of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s Center for Data Innovation, endorsed the proposal during a June 25 hearing before the China Select Committee (see 2506250027).
The measure is pending before the Senate Banking and House Foreign Affairs committees.