H.R. 3447 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRequires security features in advanced computer chips
This bill would make the Department of Commerce set up security rules for advanced computer chips before they're shipped overseas or transferred to foreign countries. These rules would verify where the chips are actually located and track whether they've been stolen or tampered with. Companies that export these chips would have to report to the government if they find out a chip went somewhere it wasn't supposed to go. The Department of Commerce would also study whether stronger security measures are needed and could require them later.
How it affects you
If you work in the semiconductor or technology manufacturing industry that exports advanced chips, your company would need to add these security features and report to the government if something goes wrong. Most other Americans wouldn't directly feel the effects, though the bill is meant to prevent sensitive technology from reaching countries or groups the U.S. wants to restrict it from.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, May 15, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 3447
A BILL
Chip Security Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4) · Introduced May 15, 2025 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 26, 2026: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.”