Chip EQUIP Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 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.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chip Equipment Quality, Usefulness, and Integrity Protection Act of 2025 or the Chip EQUIP Act
This bill prohibits companies that receive certain federal funds from purchasing specified semiconductor manufacturing equipment made by foreign entities of concern (e.g., companies owned or controlled by China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia) or their subsidiaries for the federally funded project.
The CHIPS Act of 2022, which became law in August 2022, appropriated funding for the Department of Commerce to carry out the CHIPS for America provisions enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. These provisions included appropriations for financial incentives to expand domestic manufacturing capacities across the semiconductor supply chain, as well as for research and development programs.
Under the bill, Commerce must include in the terms of each agreement with a covered entity (e.g., companies receiving CHIPS funds) prohibitions with respect to a project relating to the procurement, installation, or use of the specified semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The prohibitions must be effective for 10 years beginning on the date on which the agreement is signed.
The bill authorizes Commerce to waive these prohibitions under certain circumstances, such as if the specified semiconductor manufacturing equipment is not produced in the United States or an allied or partner country in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality to support established or expected production capabilities.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Dec 19, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Aug 31, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025Markup Sep 16, 2026 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 20, 2025Markup Sep 1, 2026Reported Sep 1, 2026 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 16, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
- Sep 1, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 1, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Nov 20, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
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
- Oct 27, 2026H.R. 6207, Chip Equipment Quality, Usefulness, and Integrity Protection Act of 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 16, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4877.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3301 | Chip EQUIP Act | Related bill | Dec 2, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit purchases of certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment from foreign entities of concern or subsidiaries of foreign entities of concern, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Chip EQUIP Act
- Chip Equipment Quality, Usefulness, and Integrity Protection Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
