S-1705 — Chip Security Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Civil LibertiesTransparency & Accountability

Advanced AI chips sold overseas would need built-in location tracking — and exporters must report diversion or tampering.

Civil Liberties

Location verification on exported chips — Advanced AI processors must confirm their location
Federal recordkeeping — Commerce may track each covered chip's location and current end user

Transparency & Accountability

Reporting requirements — License holders must report diversion or tampering to Commerce
Congressional reporting — Commerce owes an assessment, then annual reviews for three years

The details

Advanced computer chips sold abroad would have to carry technology that verifies where they are. Commerce would set that requirement within 180 days. It covers the high-end processors used to train artificial intelligence systems. Exporters would have to notify the government if a chip turns up somewhere it should not be. The same duty applies if a chip reaches an unapproved user or shows signs of tampering. Commerce and the Defense Department would then study whether to require more. Options include verifying what work a chip is doing and altering how a stolen chip functions. Commerce could keep records of where each covered chip sits and who is using it. The department is told to prioritize confidentiality when building those systems. The stated goal is to loosen export limits for trusted partners once tracking works.

Congressional Summary

Chip Security ActThis 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.

Legislative Subjects

Advanced technology and technological innovationsComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightLicensing and registrationsTrade restrictions

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: Senate
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in Senate
Action Date: 2025-05-08
Date Added: 2026-07-24
Source: Congress.gov →

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