SCALE Act

This bill directs the Commerce Department and the Director of National Intelligence to create and publish measures of the AI computer chips made in or held by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and certain other countries and their companies. They would report regularly to Congress on how much AI hardware these countries have compared to the United States. Each year, Commerce would set a limit on how powerful AI chips sold or remotely accessed by these countries' companies can be, tied to 110 percent of the best chip those countries mass-produce themselves. Licenses would generally be denied if approval would push these countries' total AI hardware above 5 percent of the amount in the United States. Exporters seeking approval would have to certify that U.S. customers would not face delays and that each shipment would be checked by an independent U.S. testing lab.

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Sponsors

• John R. Moolenaar Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors