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This section states the sense of Congress that export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components are essential to U.S. national security and maintaining advantages in advanced computing technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced-node integrated circuits; that adversaries including specific Chinese entities (e.g., SMIC, YMTC, Huawei, CXMT) are exploiting gaps in the regime and warrant comprehensive controls to prevent access to U.S. technologies; and that the United States should align such controls with allies to close gaps and prevent circumvention.
This section requires covered agency heads, not later than 60 days after enactment and annually thereafter, to (1) identify all covered semiconductor manufacturing equipment and covered facilities and (2) submit lists of such equipment and facilities to the appropriate congressional committees. It further directs the covered agency heads to immediately engage diplomatically with allied supplier countries to secure adoption of countrywide controls on such equipment and license requirements with a policy of denial for exports and servicing to covered facilities, including a briefing to congressional committees within 90 days describing the status of those efforts, incentives, non-adopting countries, and U.S. measures. Not later than 150 days after enactment and annually thereafter, the covered agency heads must publish regulations ensuring comprehensive U.S. controls on U.S.-origin equipment and covered facilities in countries of concern and either certify that all allied supplier countries have adopted equivalent controls or list non-adopting countries and extend U.S. jurisdiction and controls (including licensing with denial for servicing) to equipment and items from those countries; a one-time waiver may extend the 150-day deadline by up to 90 days upon national security certification with Defense and Energy concurrence and a justifying report. It also requires the covered agency heads, not later than 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter, to submit a report to congressional committees listing covered equipment and facilities, entities owning or operating them, the scope of U.S. and allied controls, and summaries of diplomatic engagements.