S4281-119

In Committee

Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components represent one of the United and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Report and application of controls. It relies on compliance mandates, trade restrictions, appropriations, and grants. The main policy areas are Defense.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Reduces a compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components represent one of the United...
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Report and application of controls.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components represent one of the United and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Report and application of controls.

Key Policy Areas

Defense

Primary Purpose

The bill reduces a compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components represent one of the United and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Report and application of controls.

Policy Domains

Defense

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 13, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 13, 2026

Mr. Ricketts (for himself, Mr. Kim, Mr. Risch, and Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"applicable item" §id629276a7d75b433fa7404b558e402ef0

any item that is or can be made subject to the Export Administration Regulations, including— a United States-origin item

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