119-hr5289

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5289 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5289

 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies 
 regarding the manufacturing of, and research relating to, 
 semiconductors and other similar technologies, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
 to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies 
 regarding the manufacturing of, and research relating to, 
 semiconductors and other similar technologies, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Semiconductor Sovereignty Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON STRATEGIES REGARDING THE MANUFACTURING OF, AND 
 RESEARCH RELATING TO, SEMICONDUCTORS AND OTHER SIMILAR 
 TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Initial Report.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
 through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
 Security, shall carry out the following:
        (A) To the extent practicable, identify the 
 following:
            (i) The critical and foundational inputs 
 for semiconductors and other similar 
 technologies, including the following:
            (I) Tools for the manufacturing of, 
 and research relating to, such 
 semiconductors and technologies, 
 including the following:

    (aa) Equipment for 
 photolithography, including 
 photomasks.

    (bb) Software.
            (II) The processes for such 
 manufacturing and research, including 
 the following:

    (aa) Designing.

    (bb) Packaging.
            (III) The minerals, gases, and 
 other chemical substances utilized in 
 such manufacturing and research.
            (IV) The supply chains for such 
 minerals, gases, and substances.
            (ii) The trends with respect to the 
 following:
            (I) The offshoring of such 
 manufacturing and research from January 
 1, 1990, to such date of enactment.
            (II) Any reshoring of such 
 offshored manufacturing and research.
            (III) Partnerships between domestic 
 entities and foreign entities for such 
 inputs.
            (IV) Investments by such entities 
 for the domestic manufacturing of, and 
 research relating to, such 
 semiconductors and technologies.
            (iii) Each location to which such 
 manufacturing and research is being offshored.
            (iv) The bottlenecks with respect to the 
 following:
            (I) Such manufacturing and 
 research.
            (II) The international trade of 
 such semiconductors and technologies.
            (v) The role of foreign nationals who 
 receive in the United States an education or 
 work experience in the manufacturing of, and 
 research relating to, such semiconductors and 
 technologies, and subsequently work for foreign 
 entities, including adversaries of the United 
 States, in fields relating to such 
 semiconductors and technologies.
            (vi) The role of private sector officials 
 and public sector officials who are American 
 and work for such foreign entities.
            (vii) The domestic assets, including 
 intellectual property, for such manufacturing 
 and research that such foreign entities have 
 acquired, including by means of a bankruptcy.
            (viii) The domestic entities and foreign 
 entities that have received funding or other 
 incentives from the Federal Government, 
 including by means of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
 (division A of Public Law 117-167), for the 
 domestic manufacturing of, and research 
 relating to, such semiconductors and 
 technologies and, subsequent to such receipt, 
 have engaged in the offshoring of such 
 manufacturing and research.
        (B) Based upon such identifications, determine the 
 trends in such offshore manufacturing and research from 
 such date of enactment to a date that is not earlier 
 than 30 years after such date of enactment.
            (C) Conduct an assessment of the implications to or 
 on, as the case may be, the following as a result of 
 such offshore manufacturing and research:
            (i) The national economy.
            (ii) National security.
            (iii) The supply chains of the United 
 States for such semiconductors and 
 technologies.
            (iv) Allies and partners of the United 
 States.
            (v) Adversaries of the United States, 
 including the Democratic People's Republic of 
 Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
 People's Republic of China, and the Russian 
 Federation, and the proxies of such 
 adversaries.
            (vi) Geopolitically vulnerable markets, 
 including Taiwan.
            (D) Based upon such determination and assessments, 
 identify and, as appropriate, recommend strategies for 
 the following:
            (i) Disincentivizing such offshore 
 manufacturing and research.
            (ii) Increasing, including by means of tax 
 incentives, subsidies, and the attraction and 
 retention of foreign human capital, the 
 domestic manufacturing of, and research 
 relating to, such semiconductors and 
 technologies.
            (iii) Strengthening the long-term 
 competitiveness of the United States with 
 respect to such semiconductors and technologies 
 as a result of so increasing such domestic 
 manufacturing and research.
            (iv) Strengthening governmental oversight 
 of acquisitions described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (vii) .
            (v) Reducing the incidence of such 
 acquisitions.
        (E) Submit to Congress and publish in the Federal 
 Register a report that includes information relating to 
 the following:
            (i) The determination made pursuant to 
 subparagraph
        (B) .
            (ii) The assessments conducted pursuant to 
 subparagraph
            (C) .
            (iii) Each strategy identified pursuant to 
 subparagraph
            (D) .
            (iv) Each strategy recommended pursuant to 
 such subparagraph and, for each such strategy, 
 recommendations on policy to implement such 
 strategy.

    (2) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Commerce may not include 
 in the report under paragraph

    (1) personally identifiable 
 information of the foreign nationals described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (v) of such paragraph or the officials described in 
 subparagraph
        (A)
            (vi) of such paragraph.

    (b) Subsequent Reports.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the report 
 under subsection

    (a) is submitted and annually thereafter, the 
 Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of 
 Commerce for Industry and Security, shall determine whether the 
 strategies submitted in such report are outdated.

    (2) Updated strategies.--If the Secretary of Commerce, 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) or

    (3) , as the case may be, makes a 
 determination in the affirmative pursuant to either of such 
 paragraphs, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and publish 
 in the Federal Register a report that includes information 
 relating to updated strategies.

    (3) Further determinations.--If a report is submitted 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (2) , the Secretary of Commerce, not later 
 than one year after such submission and annually thereafter, 
 shall make a determination described in paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry 
and Security, shall consult with the heads of other Federal agencies 
and departments, as appropriate.
            (d) Foreign Entity Defined.--In this section, the term ``foreign 
entity'' means a corporation, partnership, or other entity that 
satisfies any of the following requirements:

    (1) Is organized under the laws of a foreign country.

    (2) Has a principal place of business located outside of 
 the United States.
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