,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #d1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,ricketts 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,coons1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1   
,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 and ,mr4 ,kim7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,export ,control ,reform ,act of    
#bjah to prohibit the issuance of       
licenses for the export1 reexport1 or   
in-country transfer of advanced         
integrated circuits to or in foreign    
adversaries4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,secure and    
,feasible ,exports of ,chips ,act of    
#bjbe or the ,,safe ,chips ,act of      
#bjbe4  #b4 ,control of exports of      
advanced integrated circuits ,part ,i of
 ,export ,control ,reform ,act of #bjah 
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dhaa et seq47 is amended
 by inserting after section #ageh the   
following3  #ageh;,a4 ,control of       

exports of advanced integrated circuits 
7a7 ,license requirement ,on and after  
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7    
require a license for the export1       
reexport1 or in-country transfer of an  
advanced integrated circuit-- 7,a7 to or
 in a foreign adversary country2 or     
7,b7 to an entity located in any country
 if the entity1 or the ultimate parent  
company of the entity1 has its          
headquarters in a foreign adversary     
country2 and  7#b7 deny any application 
for such a license4  7b7 ,exclusion     
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to an   
advanced integrated circuit or product  
containing such a circuit that is not   
designed or marketed for data centers4  
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,advanced integrated circuit  7,a7 ,in  
general ,subject to subparagraphs 7,b7  
and 7,c71 the term advanced integrated  
circuit means-- 7i7 an integrated       
circuit1 computer1 or other product--   
7,i7 classified under ,export ,control  

,classification ,number #c;,a#jij or    
#d;,a#jij or a related ,export ,control 
,classification ,number2 or  7,,ii7 that
 is functionally equivalent or          
substantially similar to a circuit1     
computer1 or product described in       
subclause 7,i72 or  7ii7 an integrated  
circuit that has one or more digital    
processing units with-- 7,i7 a total    
processing performance of #d1hjj or     
more2  7,,ii7 a total processing        
performance of #b1djj or more and a     
performance density of #a4f or more2    
7,,iii7 a total processing performance  
of #a1fjj or more and a performance     
density of #c4b or more2  7,,iv7 a total
 ,,dram bandwidth of #d1ajj gigabytes   
per second or more2  7,v7 an            
interconnect bandwidth of #a1ajj        
gigabytes per second or more2 or  7,,vi7
 a combination of ,,dram bandwidth and  
interconnect bandwidth of #e1jjj        
gigabytes per second or more4  7,b7     
,authority to update technical          
parameters ,beginning #cj months after  

the date of the enactment of this       
section1 subject to subparagraph 7,c71  
and after approval by a majority vote of
 the ,end-,user ,review ,committee1 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 ,register4  7,c7 ,briefing    
required ,not later than #cj days before
 any modification to the definition of  
advanced integrated circuit under       
subparagraph 7,b7 is published in the   
,federal ,register1 the ,secretary shall
 provide a briefing to the ,committee on
 ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives that includes-- 7i7 a  
description of the planned modification2
  7ii7 the date that the planned        
modification is expected to be published
 in the ,federal ,register2  7iii7 a    
detailed justification for why the      
planned modification is in the national 

interest of the ,united ,states2  7iv7  
an assessment of how the planned        
modification and resulting sales to the 
,people's ,republic of ,china would--   
7,i7 affect the capabilities of leading 
,chinese artificial intelligence firms2 
and  7,,ii7 alter the military1 cyber1  
or other offensive capabilities of the  
,people's ,republic of ,china2 and  7v7 
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  
,china4  7#b7 ,foreign adversary country
 ,the term foreign adversary country--  
7,a7 means a country specified in       
section #dhgb7;f77#b7 of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7        
includes the ,macau ,special            
,administrative ,region and the ,hong   
,kong ,special ,administrative ,region  
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china4   
7#c7 ,performance density2 total        
processing performance ,the terms       
performance density and total processing

 performance have the meanings given    
those terms in1 and are calculated as   
provided for under1 ,export ,control    
,classification ,number #c;,a#jij in the
 ,commerce ,control ,list set forth in  
,supplement ,no4 #a to part #ggd of the 
,export ,administration ,regulations 7as
 in effect on the day before the date of
 the enactment of this section74  4