Sponsor
John Moolenaar
Representative · R-MI
Representative · R-MI
The bill strengthens national security by creating quantitative export limits, metrics, and definitions to keep advanced AI hardware out of adversaries' hands, but it does so at the cost of reduced export opportunities, higher compliance burdens, and ongoing regulatory uncertainty that could strain U.S. firms and international cooperation.
Taxpayers and the general public gain stronger national security because the bill restricts exports of sensitive AI hardware and coordinates controls with allies to reduce the chance adversaries acquire high-end AI capability.
U.S. tech firms, exporters, and policymakers get clearer, quantitative rules and published metrics (annual thresholds and country-level breakdowns) that create more predictable expectations for export licensing and risk assessment.
Companies and regulators gain a clearer definition of 'AI hardware' and narrower 'country/entity of concern' criteria, enabling more targeted enforcement and reducing uncertainty for unrelated firms.
U.S. tech firms, chipmakers, exporters, and their workers face reduced sales and market opportunities because expanded export restrictions and annual limits can block legal exports and shrink overseas revenue.
Exporters and customers will face higher compliance costs and delays from new licensing, testing, and reporting requirements, slowing deliveries and raising prices for affected businesses.
Taxpayers and businesses risk economic fallout if U.S. efforts to crowd out rival suppliers provoke geopolitical retaliation or trade friction, potentially raising prices and disrupting supply chains.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Requires Commerce and DNI to measure adversary AI hardware capacity and tie an annually updated quantitative export-control threshold to those metrics to limit exports to countries/entities of concern.
Official title: To require the Secretary of Commerce in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence to implement a process for establishing a rolling annual standard for the sale of certain integrated circuits to certain countries.
Introduced April 15, 2026 by John Moolenaar · Last progress April 15, 2026
Establishes a coordinated, metrics-driven export-control regime for advanced AI hardware to preserve U.S. leadership in AI and prevent adversary countries and entities from building indigenous AI hardware capacity approaching U.S. levels. It requires the Commerce Secretary and DNI to produce objective, periodically updated performance metrics and reports measuring AI hardware capability and supply chains in designated countries and entities of concern, and directs an annually updated quantitative export threshold tied to those metrics. Defines covered items, countries, and entities of concern (including China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, and specified Country Group D:5 members), preserves the Secretary's discretion to restrict exports, and forbids interpreting the law as requiring loosening controls or automatic license approvals based on metric results.