Americans for Responsible Innovation today celebrated the House Foreign Affairs Committee advancing a slate of bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. export controls and protect America’s leadership in artificial intelligence, including the MATCH Act (H.R. 8170) and the Stop Stealing Our Chips Act (H.R. 6322).
Endorsed by ARI, the MATCH Act and Stop Stealing Our Chips Act would restrict adversaries’ access to advanced microchips and the tools needed to produce them.
“Today’s vote marks an important step toward closing dangerous gaps in the United States’ export control system,” said ARI President Brad Carson. “As global competition in AI accelerates, advanced chips will become the foundation of military and economic power. But right now, gaps in our export controls are allowing competitors to challenge America’s lead by acquiring American technology through both legal and illicit means. That cannot continue. Locking down access to these capabilities must be a national priority.”
The MATCH Act addresses a critical vulnerability in the semiconductor supply chain by restricting access to the specialized manufacturing equipment needed to produce advanced chips. By targeting “chokepoint” technologies that adversaries cannot develop on their own, the legislation would prevent countries of concern from building out domestic chip production capabilities that could rival the United States and its allies.
The Stop Stealing Our Chips Act addresses a critical enforcement gap in U.S. export controls. The legislation would establish a global whistleblower incentive program to reward individuals who report suspected high-performance computing chip smuggling to the Department of Commerce. At scale, the program would enable the Bureau of Industry and Security to expand its reach by effectively crowdsourcing intelligence, strengthening its ability to detect and disrupt global smuggling networks.
As Congress drafts appropriations legislation for FY27, ARI is supporting the Administration’s request for increased funding for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the primary agency in charge of enforcing export controls. For the coming fiscal year, the White House budget calls for a $215 million increase in funding for BIS. Public opinion strongly supports this approach. A national poll released by Americans for Responsible Innovation last month found that 75% of Americans agree that decisions about using lethal force in war should involve meaningful human judgment rather than being left entirely to AI systems. Meanwhile, 76% say they are concerned that AI tools could enable unprecedented government surveillance of American citizens.
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Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to policy advocacy in the public interest, focused on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). Learn more at ARI.us.