[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3374
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to prohibit the issuance
of licenses for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of
advanced integrated circuits to or in foreign adversaries.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 4, 2025
Mr. Ricketts (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
McCormick, and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to prohibit the issuance
of licenses for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of
advanced integrated circuits to or in foreign adversaries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure and Feasible Exports of Chips
Act of 2025'' or the ``SAFE Chips Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.
Part I of Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4811 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1758 the following:
``SEC. 1758A. CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.
``(a) License Requirement.--On and after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Secretary shall--
``(1) require a license for the export, reexport, or in-
country transfer of an advanced integrated circuit--
``(A) to or in a foreign adversary country; or
``(B) to an entity located in any country if the
entity, or the ultimate parent company of the entity,
has its headquarters in a foreign adversary country;
and
``(2) deny any application for such a license.
``(b) Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an advanced
integrated circuit or product containing such a circuit that is not
designed or marketed for data centers.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Advanced integrated circuit.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and
(C), the term `advanced integrated circuit' means--
``(i) an integrated circuit, computer, or
other product--
``(I) classified under Export
Control Classification Number 3A090 or
4A090 or a related Export Control
Classification Number; or
``(II) that is functionally
equivalent or substantially similar to
a circuit, computer, or product
described in subclause (I); or
``(ii) an integrated circuit that has one
or more digital processing units with--
``(I) a total processing
performance of 4,800 or more;
``(II) a total processing
performance of 2,400 or more and a
performance density of 1.6 or more;
``(III) a total processing
performance of 1,600 or more and a
performance density of 3.2 or more;
``(IV) a total DRAM bandwidth of
4,100 gigabytes per second or more;
``(V) an interconnect bandwidth of
1,100 gigabytes per second or more; or
``(VI) a combination of DRAM
bandwidth and interconnect bandwidth of
5,000 gigabytes per second or more.
``(B) Authority to update technical parameters.--
Beginning 30 months after the date of the enactment of
this section, subject to subparagraph (C), and after
approval by a majority vote of the End-User Review
Committee, the Secretary may modify the technical
parameters for the definition of `advanced integrated
circuit' for purposes of this section through a notice
in the Federal Register.
``(C) Briefing required.--Not later than 30 days
before any modification to the definition of `advanced
integrated circuit' under subparagraph (B) is published
in the Federal Register, the Secretary shall provide a
briefing to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that
includes--
``(i) a description of the planned
modification;
``(ii) the date that the planned
modification is expected to be published in the
Federal Register;
``(iii) a detailed justification for why
the planned modification is in the national
interest of the United States;
``(iv) an assessment of how the planned
modification and resulting sales to the
People's Republic of China would--
``(I) affect the capabilities of
leading Chinese artificial intelligence
firms; and
``(II) alter the military, cyber,
or other offensive capabilities of the
People's Republic of China; and
``(v) an analysis of how and to what extent
the United States will continue to maintain an
advantage in computing relative to the People's
Republic of China.
``(2) Foreign adversary country.--The term `foreign
adversary country'--
``(A) means a country specified in section
4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code; and
``(B) includes the Macau Special Administrative
Region and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People's Republic of China.
``(3) Performance density; total processing performance.--
The terms `performance density' and `total processing
performance' have the meanings given those terms in, and are
calculated as provided for under, Export Control Classification
Number 3A090 in the Commerce Control List set forth in
Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration
Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this section).''.
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