S. 1705 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, May 8, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRequires security features in advanced computing chips
This bill would require advanced computing chips sold for export to include built-in security features that verify where they're being sent. Companies that export these chips would also have to report to the government if they learn a chip has been diverted to an unauthorized location or has been tampered with. The Commerce Department, working with the Defense Department, would assess whether additional security measures are needed and could require them in the future.
How it affects you
This mainly affects companies that manufacture or export advanced computer chips. For most people, the changes happen behind the scenes as part of how chips are tracked and secured before they leave the country, though you might eventually see this reflected in the chips used in devices you buy.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, May 8, 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.
Commerce must, in coordination with the Department of Defense (DOD), 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 coordinate with DOD, within two years of the bill's enactment and annually thereafter for three years, to 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 SessionS. 1705
A BILL
Chip Security Act
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) · Introduced May 8, 2025 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 8, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.”