Who lobbied on the AI OVERWATCH Act: filings by firm and quarter

The AI OVERWATCH Act, in both introduced texts, directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security to require a license for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits.^R5,R12 Section 2, headed "License requirement for exports of covered integrated circuits to countries of concern", amends Part I of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.^R5,R12 The short title expands to the "Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk Actors Act".^R5,R12 CRS Legal Sidebar LSB11409, published 2026-03-23, analyzes a December 2025 policy that conditions the export of certain advanced AI chips to China on a 25% fee and a U.S.-based security review.^R11

Rep. Brian J. Mast (R-FL) introduced H.R. 6875 on 2025-12-18, and the House referred it to the Committee on Foreign Affairs that day.^R1,R3 The Foreign Affairs Committee held a markup on 2026-01-21 and ordered H.R. 6875 reported in the nature of a substitute by yeas and nays of 42-2.^R3 Floor action is absent from the 5-action House timeline, which ends with that 2026-01-21 committee order.^R3 H.R. 6875 has 46 cosponsors, including Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH).^R2

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced S. 4456 on 2026-04-30, and it was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.^R1,R4 S. 4456 has 10 cosponsors, including Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), who joined on 2026-09-22.^R2 Neither H.R. 6875 nor S. 4456 lists a recorded vote.^R1

An exact-phrase search for "AI OVERWATCH Act" finds 86 lobbying filings from 29 clients and 31 registrants, an average of 3.0 filings per client.^R8 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the Information Technology Industry Council and NVIDIA Corporation lead the client list with 6 filings each, against 5 for Anthropic.^R8 The filings name H.R. 6875 in 82 cases, H.R. 3447, the Chip Security Act, in 60 and S. 1705, also titled Chip Security Act, in 58.^R8 Exact-phrase filings numbered 6 in 2025 Q4, 24 in 2026 Q1, 26 in 2026 Q2 and 30 in 2026 Q3.^R8

One filing's issue text, from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reads "Export control measures on artificial intelligence hardware including legislation impacting export control process for advanced semiconductor technologies".^R7

H.R. 6875 stands at Reported and S. 4456 at Referred, so the House version has cleared committee while the 2-action Senate timeline holds no committee action.^R1,R3,R4

S. 4456 carries the same official title and section 2 heading as H.R. 6875, and Arm Inc. filings pair them as "H.R. 6875/S. 4456, AI OVERWATCH Act".^R1,R5,R12,R7 Foreign Affairs ordered H.R. 6875 reported as a substitute, but the House text on file is the version "Introduced in House", so the match with S. 4456 rests on introduced texts.^R3,R5,R12 S. 4456 entered the Senate on 2026-04-30, after Foreign Affairs had ordered H.R. 6875 reported on 2026-01-21, so the Senate text arrived with the House version at the reported stage.^R3,R4

Republicans Banks and Cotton share S. 4456 with Democrats Warren and Schumer, and H.R. 6875 lists Democrats Meeks and Sherman among its 46 cosponsors.^R1,R2 H.R. 6875 kept adding cosponsors after its 2026-01-21 markup, with Goodlander joining on 2026-10-09.^R2,R3

Filings name H.R. 6875 in 82 cases from 28 clients and S. 4456 in 17 cases from 12 clients, a filing ratio of 4.8 to 1.^R8 NVIDIA Corporation lists the bill and the Chip Security Act in one line: "Issues related to semiconductor trade policy and artificial intelligence including H.R.3447/S.1705 the Chip Security Act, H.R. 6875/S.4456, the AI OVERWATCH Act".^R7

Sightline Advocacy, LLC files for the Information Technology Industry Council and Oracle America, Inc., and both of its listed issue texts name "H.R. 6875 - AI OVERWATCH Act".^R7,R8