House Foreign Affairs Chair Backs Chip Export Control Bill
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Nov. 20 that he supports a proposal that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other U.S. arms embargoed countries.
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“I think it’s smart to say if we’re going to sell a chip -- Nvidia or somebody else -- we’re going to sell it to America first,” Mast told Export Compliance Daily in a brief hallway interview at the Capitol.
Proponents of the Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence Act, or Gain AI Act, say many U.S. firms face backlogged orders for advanced AI chips due to limited production capacity (see 2510310034). The legislation was added to the Senate version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and House and Senate lawmakers are discussing whether to include it in the final NDAA.
The Semiconductor Industry Association has urged Congress to reject the Gain AI Act, saying it’s too complex (see 2509080065). Nvidia has also opposed the measure, calling chip shortage concerns "fake news" (see 2510100015).