Chip Security Act
Sponsored By: Representative Huizenga
In Committee
Summary
Would require covered integrated circuit products to include chip security mechanisms that verify location before export, reexport, or in-country transfer. It sets an initial 180-day window for location-verification requirements and directs Commerce to study and possibly add tamper-detection or other controls later.
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- Manufacturers and exporters: Would have to outfit covered IC products with location-verifying chip security mechanisms before export, reexport, or in-country transfer, with a 180-day compliance window.
- Licensed exporters and users: Would need to report promptly to the Commerce Under Secretary if credible information shows a product is in the wrong location, diverted, or tampered with. The Secretary could verify ownership and location and require licensees to keep records.
- Commerce Department and Congress: Would conduct a one-year assessment of additional security mechanisms and report findings to Congress. If warranted, the Secretary could require secondary mechanisms within two years of that assessment and carry out annual reviews to consider new options and export-control changes.
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New chip location and reporting rules
If enacted, the bill would require covered chips and products to include location‑verification security before any export, reexport, or in‑country transfer to a foreign country. The Secretary would have authority to verify a product's ownership and location and to keep records with location and end‑user information. Anyone holding an export license or authorization would have to promptly report credible information that a product is in the wrong place, was diverted, or was tampered with. Companies and license holders would have 180 days after enactment to meet the location verification and reporting rules.
Study and possible new chip security rules
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Commerce to assess additional chip security mechanisms and report to Congress within one year. The study must examine feasibility, costs, reliability, tamper risks, and estimated scale costs. If the Secretary selects additional mechanisms, covered products would have to include them no later than two years after the assessment is finished. Beginning two years after enactment, the Secretary would also review new mechanisms yearly for three years and report on whether export rules should be eased for compliant products.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Huizenga
MI • R
Cosponsors
Foster
IL • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Moolenaar
MI • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Crawford
AR • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Sherman
CA • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Shreve
IN • R
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Harder (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Harrigan
NC • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Obernolte
CA • R
Sponsored 8/5/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 8/12/2025
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Carter (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Dunn (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Veasey
TX • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Self
TX • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Case
HI • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Fleischmann
TN • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Moran
TX • R
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Cline
VA • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Landsman
OH • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Fine
FL • R
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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