What this bill does
According to the official Congressional Research Service summary of H.R. 3447 on congress.gov (Introduced in House, May 15, 2025):
congress.gov"This bill requires covered integrated circuit products (e.g., advanced computing chips) to incorporate certain security mechanisms. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Commerce to require any covered integrated circuit product to have chip security mechanisms that implement location verification before the product is exported, reexported, or in-country transferred to or in a foreign country. Commerce must require any person that has received a license or other authorization under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to export, reexport, or in-country transfer a covered product to promptly report to Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security if the person obtains credible information that the product has been diverted away from its intended location or has been subjected to tampering."
Where the bills stand
2 bills in the 119th Congress have the official title "Chip Security Act".
| Bill | Sponsor | Introduced | Cosponsors | Last action | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3447 | Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] | 2025-05-15 | 43 (R 25, D 18) | 2026-03-26: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0. | congress.gov |
| S. 1705 | Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] | 2025-05-08 | 21 (R 12, D 9) | 2025-05-08: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | congress.gov |
- The record shows no passage of H.R. 3447 in either chamber.
- The record shows no passage of S. 1705 in either chamber.
The record
Licensees under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 must promptly report to the Bureau of Industry and Security credible information that a covered product was diverted or tampered with.R1 Commerce must assess new chip security mechanisms and report to Congress "within two years of the bill's enactment and annually thereafter for three years".R1
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3447 on 2025-05-15, and it was referred that day to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.R1R3 Foreign Affairs held a markup on 2026-03-26 and ordered H.R. 3447 reported in the nature of a substitute by the yeas and nays, 42 - 0, leaving its status at Reported.R1R3 Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced S. 1705 on 2025-05-08, and it was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, with status Referred.R1R4 H.R. 3447 lists 43 cosponsors, including Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Rep. John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), while S. 1705 lists 21, including Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY).R2
The exact-phrase search for "Chip Security Act" finds 185 filings from 40 clients and 48 registrants for 2025 through 2026, an average of 4.6 filings per client.R7 Google Client Services LLC, Synopsys, Inc. and TSMC Arizona lead the client ranking with 12 filings each, with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and NVIDIA Corporation at 11.R7
By quarter, phrase-search filings ran 16 in 2025 Q2, 31 in 2025 Q3, 29 in 2025 Q4, 31 in 2026 Q1, 37 in 2026 Q2 and 41 in 2026 Q3.R7 Sightline Advocacy, LLC filed 9 times for 2 clients, Information Technology Industry Council and TSMC Arizona, and Mehlman Consulting, Inc. filed 7 times for 2 clients.R7 Google Client Services LLC reported $3,570,000 in expenses on a 2026 Q2 filing naming the bill, a figure that is its total lobbying spending for the period, not spending on this bill.R6
One filing's issue text, for Computer & Communications Industry Association, reads "H.R. 3447 and S. 1705 (Chip Security Act), regarding microprocessors availability".R7 Center for AI Safety Action Fund, Inc. wrote "H.R. 3447: Chip Security Act; all provisions" in its 2026 Q1 filing.R6 Invariant LLC described its work for Arm Holdings PLC as "Monitor issues related to semiconductor design, including H.R.3447/S.1705, the Chip Security Act".R6
What it means
Foreign Affairs ordered H.R. 3447 reported 42 - 0 on 2026-03-26, a margin of 42 votes with 0 nays recorded.R3 The 42 - 0 tally is a committee vote: the recordedVotes list for H.R. 3447 is empty, and its 5-action timeline contains no floor action.R1R3 H.R. 3447 has a committee order dated 2026-03-26, while S. 1705 has 2 timeline actions, both on 2025-05-08, ending at referral to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.R3R4
S. 1705 and H.R. 3447 carry the same official title, Chip Security Act, and their summaries differ in the S. 1705 language requiring Commerce to act "in coordination with the Department of Defense (DOD)".R1 Filing text names the 2 bills as a pair, as in "S.1705/H.R.3447 - Chip Security Act", and the phrase search counts H.R. 3447 in 154 filings and S. 1705 in 146.R6R7
Google Client Services LLC, Synopsys, Inc. and TSMC Arizona have 12 filings each, compared with an average of 4.6 per client for the 40 clients in the phrase search.R7 Information Technology Industry Council files in-house and through Sightline Advocacy, LLC, and Mehlman Consulting, Inc. lists Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) as 1 of its 2 clients.R7 Mehlman Consulting, Inc. filed for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2 with issue text naming "S.1705/H.R. 3447, the Chip Security Act" and "H.R.6875 - AI OVERWATCH Act".R6
TSMC Arizona has 12 phrase-search filings through 3 outside firms, while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has 5 in-house filings in the bill-number search.R7R8
One ITI filing pairs "Issues related to export controls" with the Remote Access Security Act, the Chip Security Act, the AI OVERWATCH Act and the GAIN AI Act of 2025.R6 H.R. 6875, the AI OVERWATCH Act, appears in 70 of the 185 phrase-search filings, and Arm Inc lists it beside the Chip Security Act with "Issues related to export control related legislation and amendments".R6R7 S. 2296, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, appears in 38 phrase-search filings, and a Dell filing names "S.Amdt.3505 to S.2296, GAIN AI Act" beside the Chip Security Act.R6R7
Phrase-search filings rose from 16 in 2025 Q2 to 41 in 2026 Q3, a ratio of 2.6.R7 The hearings lookup returns 0 meetings for H.R. 3447 and for S. 1705, while the House timeline lists a mark-up session held on 2026-03-26.R10R11R3
Analysis
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H.R. 3447 holds every recorded committee step across the 2 bills: a markup, a 42 - 0 order and status Reported, against status Referred for S. 1705.R1R3R4 Foreign Affairs ordered H.R. 3447 reported "in the Nature of a Substitute", so the reported House text is a committee replacement for the introduced bill.R3 The Senate path runs through the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where the S. 1705 timeline holds referral alone, while the House path ran through Foreign Affairs to a markup.R3R4
Counts for H.R. 3447 and S. 1705 overlap rather than add: 154 and 146 filings sit inside a phrase-search total of 185.R7 The bill-number search returns 189 filings and 43 clients against 185 and 40 for the phrase search, a gap of 4 filings and 3 clients.R7R8 Filings stood at 31 in 2026 Q1, the quarter that includes the 2026-03-26 markup, and the count was 37 in 2026 Q2 and 41 in 2026 Q3.R3R7
The $19,750,000 in expenses the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. reported for 2026 Q1 is its total lobbying spending for the period, on a filing that also lists broadband, AI and app store bills.R6 Per-client counts split some companies across names, with Dell Technologies Inc at 6 in-house filings and Dell Technologies, Inc. at 5 through Greenberg Traurig, LLP.R7
Federal lobbying on Chip Security Act
The counts below are Senate LDA filings whose specific-issue text contains the phrase "Chip Security Act" in 2025 to 2026: 185 filings from 40 clients. A filing that mentions the phrase does not show which side the client takes.
| Quarter | Senate LDA filings naming "Chip Security Act" |
|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 16 |
| 2025 Q3 | 31 |
| 2025 Q4 | 29 |
| 2026 Q1 | 31 |
| 2026 Q2 | 37 |
| 2026 Q3 | 41 |
| Client | Matching filings | Filed by | Latest year | Latest filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC | 12 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| SYNOPSYS, INC. | 12 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| TSMC ARIZONA | 12 | outside firm | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 11 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 11 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL | 10 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| THE ALLIANCE FOR SECURE AI ACTION | 7 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| ARM INC | 6 | in-house | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | 6 | in-house and outside firms | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
| DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC | 6 | in-house | 2026 | Senate LDA filing |
Bills named in the text of matching filings (175 of 185 filings name at least one bill):
| Bill named in filings | Official title | Filings naming it | Clients | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3447 | Chip Security Act | 154 | 36 | congress.gov |
| S. 1705 | Chip Security Act | 146 | 34 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 6875 | AI OVERWATCH Act | 70 | 24 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 2683 | Remote Access Security Act | 51 | 14 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 8170 | MATCH Act | 40 | 19 | congress.gov |
| S. 2296 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | 38 | 14 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 8800 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 | 32 | 17 | congress.gov |
| S. 4784 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 | 30 | 16 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 5885 | Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025 | 28 | 12 | congress.gov |
| H.R. 3838 | Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | 23 | 8 | congress.gov |
Relationships in the public graph
Each row is one relationship stored in the Apogee public graph, which is built from official congress.gov and Senate LDA records. A row states a connection in the record, not a position. Node ids are the bioguide id of a member, the committee code, or the graph id of an organization.
| Relationship | From | To | Node ids | Newest record and as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPONSORS | Bill Huizenga (R-MI) | H.R. 3447 | H001058 to 119-hr-3447 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Don Bacon (R-NE) | H.R. 3447 | B001298 to 119-hr-3447 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Andy Barr (R-KY) | H.R. 3447 | B001282 to 119-hr-3447 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) | H.R. 3447 | B001257 to 119-hr-3447 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| REFERRED_TO (committee) | H.R. 3447 | Foreign Affairs Committee (House) | 119-hr-3447 to hsfa00 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | H.R. 3447 | 740d199f-3b72-4303-a2e9-15894bd50e10 to 119-hr-3447 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Amazon.Com Services Llc | H.R. 3447 | 2286c2b1-5660-4682-a6e5-aecf4eeadd77 to 119-hr-3447 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Arm Inc | H.R. 3447 | 1ea81de3-5974-4f77-bc2a-cffddac14362 to 119-hr-3447 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Center For Ai Safety Action Fund, Inc. | H.R. 3447 | 1d92083e-c041-48ca-8973-8a8ca44dc185 to 119-hr-3447 | newest period 2026 Q2; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Chamber Of Commerce Of The U.S.A. | H.R. 3447 | 07a1ff1a-c38f-431c-822f-f034b0160207 to 119-hr-3447 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| SPONSORS | Tom Cotton (R-AR) | S. 1705 | C001095 to 119-s-1705 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) | S. 1705 | A000382 to 119-s-1705 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Jim Banks (R-IN) | S. 1705 | B001299 to 119-s-1705 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| COSPONSORS | Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) | S. 1705 | C001088 to 119-s-1705 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| REFERRED_TO (committee) | S. 1705 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (Senate) | 119-s-1705 to ssbk00 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | S. 1705 | 740d199f-3b72-4303-a2e9-15894bd50e10 to 119-s-1705 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Amazon.Com Services Llc | S. 1705 | 2286c2b1-5660-4682-a6e5-aecf4eeadd77 to 119-s-1705 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
| NAMED_IN_LOBBYING (disclosure filings) | Arm Inc | S. 1705 | 1ea81de3-5974-4f77-bc2a-cffddac14362 to 119-s-1705 | newest period 2026 Q3; Nov 12, 2026 |
Source: Apogee public graph (built from congress.gov and Senate LDA).
Records behind each sentence
Each sentence above carries the ids of the records it rests on. An automated audit matched every number, date, name, designation and quotation in it against those records.
- R1 Bill record, H.R. 3447, S. 1705, as of 2026-11-12 source
- R2 Cosponsors, H.R. 3447, S. 1705, as of 2026-11-12 source
- R3 Action timeline, H.R. 3447, as of 2026-11-12
- R4 Action timeline, S. 1705, as of 2026-11-12
- R6 Lobbying filings on the bill, H.R. 3447, S. 1705, as of 2026-11-12
- R7 Lobbying filings search, Chip Security Act, as of 2026-11-12 source
- R8 Lobbying filings search, H.R. 3447, as of 2026-11-12 source
- R10 Hearings, H.R. 3447, as of 2026-11-12
- R11 Hearings, S. 1705, as of 2026-11-12
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