China panel bill calls for on-chip controls to thwart Chinese diversion

New legislation backed by the leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party would instruct the Commerce Department to require that semiconductor makers outfit integrated circuits subject to export controls with location verification mechanisms to ensure their products are not acquired by China in contravention of U.S. export controls. The “ Chip Security Act ,” introduced on Thursday by committee Chair John Moolenaar (R-MI), ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and six other lawmakers, was crafted to prevent...