United States of America: Secure and Feasible Exports of Chips Act (SAFE Chips Act/SB 3374) was introduced to Senate

On 4 December 2025, the Secure and Feasible Exports of Chips Act (SAFE Chips Act/SB 3374) was introduced to the Senate. The Bill would amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 by inserting a new section 1758A requiring the Secretary to impose a licence requirement for the export, reexport or in-country transfer of an advanced integrated circuit to or in a foreign adversary country, or to any entity located in any country whose headquarters, or whose ultimate parent company’s headquarters, are in a foreign adversary country, and the Secretary would be required to deny all such licence applications. The Bill would exclude advanced integrated circuits or products not designed or marketed for data centres. The Bill defines “advanced integrated circuit” using Export Control Classification Numbers 3A090 and 4A090, functional equivalence, and specified processing-performance thresholds. The Bill would allow the Secretary, with approval of the End-User Review Committee, to modify these technical parameters after 30 months, subject to briefing obligations to congressional committees. The Bill defines “foreign adversary country” by reference to section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, including the Macau Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.