Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act uses the Department of Commerce's SelectUSA program to support foreign direct investment in domestic semiconductor-related manufacturing and production. It defines SelectUSA, states findings about semiconductor shortages and national-security supply-chain risk, requires the SelectUSA Executive Director to solicit state economic-development input within 180 days, and requires a report to Congress within two years on comments received, SelectUSA activities, and strategies to increase semiconductor investment. The bill focuses on fabrication, advanced packaging, and the materials and equipment used to make semiconductor products.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. semiconductor manufacturers, chip fabrication projects, advanced packaging companies, semiconductor materials and equipment suppliers, state economic development organizations, allied foreign investors, workers in manufacturing states, and supply-chain security policymakers benefit from coordinated investment-attraction work. SelectUSA can amplify state opportunities, identify resource gaps, coordinate with partner countries, and recommend strategies that steer private capital into vulnerable domestic supply-chain segments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The SelectUSA Executive Director, Department of Commerce staff, the Federal Interagency Investment Working Group, state economic-development offices, Senate Commerce staff, House Energy and Commerce staff, and participating federal agencies must gather comments, evaluate investment barriers, coordinate with states and allies, screen out foreign adversary benefit, prepare the two-year report, and absorb the work with existing funds because the bill authorizes no additional appropriations.
Key Provisions
- Adds a definition of SelectUSA as the Department of Commerce program established by Executive Order 13577.
- Provides congressional findings on semiconductor shortages, economic recovery, national security, fabrication, advanced packaging, and materials and equipment supply chains.
- Requires SelectUSA to solicit state economic-development comments within 180 days on investment barriers, opportunities, resource gaps, and federal support.
- Requires recommendations for increasing semiconductor foreign direct investment while ensuring foreign adversaries do not benefit.
- Requires a two-year report to Senate Commerce and House Energy and Commerce on comments, SelectUSA activities, and investment strategies.
- Requires SelectUSA to carry out the work with existing funds and no new authorization of appropriations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs Commerce's SelectUSA program to work with state economic development organizations to attract allied foreign direct investment into U.S. semiconductor fabrication, advanced packaging, materials, and equipment supply-chain capacity while excluding foreign adversaries.
Key Policy Areas
Semiconductors, Manufacturing, National Security, Economic Development
Primary Purpose
Directs Commerce's SelectUSA program to work with state economic development organizations to attract allied foreign direct investment into U.S. semiconductor fabrication, advanced packaging, materials, and equipment supply-chain capacity while excluding foreign adversaries.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- U.S. semiconductor manufacturers
- Chip fabrication projects
- Advanced packaging companies
- Semiconductor materials suppliers
- State economic development organizations
- Allied foreign investors
- Manufacturing workers
Identified Costs
- SelectUSA Executive Director
- Department of Commerce staff
- Federal Interagency Investment Working Group
- State economic-development offices
- Congressional commerce committees
- Foreign adversary-linked investors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateHeld at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3002; …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous …
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz …
Reported by Mr. Cruz, without amendment
Passed Senate (inferred from es version)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal Interagency Investment Working Group, House Energy and Commerce Committee, National-security policymakers
Positive-direction: House Energy and Commerce Committee, National-security policymakers, Senate Commerce Committee
Negative-direction: Federal Interagency Investment Working Group, SelectUSA Executive Director, SelectUSA program
Advanced packaging companies, Semiconductor materials suppliers, U.S. semiconductor manufacturers
State economic development organizations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "selectusa"
- → Department of Commerce program that promotes and facilitates foreign direct investment in the United States.
- "semiconductor_supply_chain"
- → Fabrication, advanced packaging, and materials and equipment used to manufacture semiconductor products.
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