Chip Security Act
Latest action · Mar 26, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chip Security Act
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.
Additionally, Commerce must 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, within two years of the bill's enactment and annually thereafter for three years, assess new chip security mechanisms and report to Congress.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 6, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 6, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Clay Fuller | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Oct 9, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2025Markup Mar 26, 2026 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 26, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
- May 15, 2025Introduced in House
- May 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 1, 2026H.R. 3447, Chip Security ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 82, May 15, 2025, page H2105.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48642 | U.S. Export Controls and China: Advanced Semiconductors | Report | Sep 19, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1705 | Chip Security Act | Related bill | May 8, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Commerce to issue standards with respect to chip security mechanisms for integrated circuit products, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Chip Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2025Introduced in House
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