This bill, the Chip Security Act, directs the Secretary of Commerce to require certain advanced integrated circuit products and computers to include chip security mechanisms before they are exported, reexported, or transferred in-country to a foreign country. The primary requirement (within 180 days of enactment) is that covered products must have location verification features that work with currently feasible techniques. People holding export licenses must report credible information that a product is in a different location than reported, has been diverted to a different user, or has been tampered with.
The Secretary must, within one year, assess whether additional security features (secondary mechanisms) should be required. That assessment must examine feasibility, costs, benefits, performance impacts, and vulnerability to tampering, and include an estimate of how hard it would be to tamper with protections. The Secretary must report the assessment to Congress (unclassified with an optional classified annex) and, if appropriate, require secondary mechanisms within two years after completing the assessment. The Secretary may verify product ownership and location, keep records of locations and end users, and require licensees to provide needed information. Two years after enactment and for three years after that, the Secretary must annually assess new chip security mechanisms and report to Congress.
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The bill states that U.S. technology should support global AI ecosystems, help allies and partners, protect advanced chips from diversion and theft, improve compliance with export controls, and help detect smuggling or tampering so exports can be better managed.
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