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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8763 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to award contracts or grants, 
or enter into transactions other than contracts, to encourage microelec-
tronics research in support of artificial intelligence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself and Mr. STEWART) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to award 
contracts or grants, or enter into transactions other than 
contracts, to encourage microelectronics research in sup-
port of artificial intelligence. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SEEDLING INVESTMENT IN NEXT-GENERATION 
MICROELECTRONICS IN SUPPORT OF ARTIFI-
CIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) developing faster, more energy efficient, and 
more resilient computing is important to the future 
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of the national security of the United States and the 
leadership by the United States in artificial intel-
ligence; and 
(2) multidisciplinary teams co-designing micro-
electronics for artificial intelligence will lead to un-
precedented capabilities that will help ensure that 
the United States maintains its superiority in this 
worldwide competition for economic and national se-
curity. 
(b) AWARDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
The Director of National Intelligence, acting through the 
Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects 
Activity, shall award contracts or grants, or enter into 
transactions other than contracts, to encourage microelec-
tronics research. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Director shall award con-
tracts or grants to, or enter into transactions other than 
contracts with, entities under subsection (b) to carry out 
any of the following: 
(1) Advanced engineering and applied research 
into novel computing models, materials, devices, ar-
chitectures, or algorithms to enable the advancement 
of artificial intelligence and machine learning. 
(2) Research efforts to— 
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(A) overcome challenges with engineering 
and applied research of microelectronics, includ-
ing with respect to the physical limits on tran-
sistors, electrical interconnects, and memory 
elements; or 
(B) promote long-term advancements in 
computing technologies, including by fostering a 
unified and multidisciplinary approach encom-
passing research and development into algo-
rithm design, computing architectures, micro-
electronic devices and circuits, and the chem-
istry and physics of new materials. 
(3) Any other activity the Director determines 
would promote the development of microelectronics 
research. 
(d) AWARD AMOUNTS.—In awarding contracts or 
grants, or entering into transactions other than contracts, 
under subsection (b), the Director may award not more 
than a total of $15,000,000. 
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