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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6875 
To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security 
to require a license for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer 
of certain integrated circuits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. MAST (for himself, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. KIM, Mr. 
SELF, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry 
and Security to require a license for the export, reexport, 
or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 
Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on 
Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk 
Actors Act’’ or the ‘‘AI OVERWATCH Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LICENSE REQUIREMENT FOR EXPORTS OF COV-
ERED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO COUNTRIES 
OF CONCERN. 
Part I of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 
U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
1758 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1758A. CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF COVERED INTE-
GRATED CIRCUITS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—the term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) COMMERCE
CONTROL
LIST.—The term 
‘Commerce Control List’ means the list set forth in 
Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Admin-
istration Regulations. 
‘‘(3) COUNTRY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘coun-
try of concern’ means— 
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China, in-
cluding the Hong Kong and Macau Special Ad-
ministrative Regions; 
‘‘(B) the Republic of Cuba; 
‘‘(C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
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‘‘(D) the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea; 
‘‘(E) the Russian Federation; and 
‘‘(F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros. 
‘‘(4) COVERED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B), (C), and (D), the term ‘covered in-
tegrated circuit’ means— 
‘‘(i) an integrated circuit, computer, 
or other product— 
‘‘(I) classified under Export Con-
trol Classification Number 3A090 or 
4A090 or related Export Control 
Classification Numbers; or 
‘‘(II) that is functionally equiva-
lent or substantially similar to a cir-
cuit, computer, or product described 
in subclause (I), including certain 
similar products listed under Export 
Control 
Classification 
Number 
5A002.z; or 
‘‘(ii) an integrated circuit that has 1 
or more digital processing units with— 
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‘‘(I) a total processing perform-
ance of 4,800 or more; 
‘‘(II) a total processing perform-
ance of 2,400 or more and a perform-
ance density of 1.6 or more; 
‘‘(III) a total processing perform-
ance of 1,600 or more and a perform-
ance density of 3.2 or more; or 
‘‘(IV) a total DRAM bandwidth 
of 1,400 gigabytes per second or 
more, 
interconnect 
bandwidth 
of 
1,100 gigabytes per second or more, 
or a sum of DRAM bandwidth and 
interconnect 
bandwidth 
of 
1,700 
gigabytes per second or more. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO UPDATE TECHNICAL 
PARAMETERS.—Beginning 18 months after the 
date of the submission to Congress of the na-
tional security strategy required in subsection 
(g), the Under Secretary may add or modify 
technical parameters for the definition of ‘cov-
ered integrated circuit’ for purposes of this sec-
tion, if the Operating Committee for Export 
Policy has approved the new or modified tech-
nical parameters by majority vote. 
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‘‘(C) PRODUCTS
INCLUDED.—Except as 
provided by subparagraph (D), the term ‘cov-
ered integrated circuit’ includes a product con-
taining such a covered integrated circuit. 
‘‘(D) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘covered in-
tegrated circuit’ does not include a covered inte-
grated circuit or a product containing such a 
covered integrated circuit that is not designed 
or marketed for use in data centers. 
‘‘(5) OPERATING COMMITTEE FOR EXPORT POL-
ICY.—The term ‘Operating Committee for Export 
Policy’ means the Operating Committee for Export 
Policy referred to in section 1763(c) of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2019 (50 U.S.C. 4822(c)). 
‘‘(6) PERFORMANCE
DENSITY; TOTAL
PROC-
ESSING
PERFORMANCE.—The terms ‘performance 
density’ and ‘total processing performance’ have the 
meanings given those terms in, and are calculated as 
provided for under, Export Control Classification 
Number 3A090 in the Commerce Control List (as in 
effect on December 15, 2025). 
‘‘(7) TRUSTED UNITED STATES PERSON.—The 
term ‘trusted United States person’ means any 
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United States person designated as a trusted United 
States person pursuant to subsection (d)(2). 
‘‘(b) LICENSE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Industry and Security, in coordina-
tion with each agency that is part of the Operating 
Committee for Export Policy, shall require a license 
for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of a 
covered integrated circuit to an entity that is located 
or headquartered in, or the ultimate parent company 
of which is headquartered in, a country of concern. 
‘‘(2) GENERAL
LICENSE
PROHIBITED.—The 
Under Secretary may not issue a general license for 
the purpose of fulfilling the license requirement in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) 
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—Not 
fewer than 30 days prior to approving any license 
for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of a 
covered integrated circuit to an entity that is located 
or headquartered in, or the ultimate parent company 
of which is headquartered in, a country of concern, 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
Security, in coordination with each agency that is 
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part of the Operating Committee for Export Policy, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a copy of the license application, including— 
‘‘(A) the quantity of covered integrated cir-
cuit, identified by an Export Control Classifica-
tion Number, as applicable, and by technical 
parameters of the covered integrated circuit; 
‘‘(B) the ultimate consignee or end-user of 
the covered integrated circuit; 
‘‘(C) any and all license conditions; 
‘‘(D) a certification that the export, reex-
port, or in-country transfer of the covered inte-
grated circuit has verifiable and enforceable 
mechanisms for ensuring the ultimate consignee 
or end-user has not, does not, and will not sup-
port or enable, directly or indirectly, the mili-
tary, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber-enabled 
capabilities of a country of concern, including— 
‘‘(i) an explanation of how the license 
conditions support the certification; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case that the license con-
cerns a country of concern that engages in 
a military-civil fusion policy or maintains a 
law that requires persons to provide sup-
port and assistance to national security 
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bodies, public security bodies, or relevant 
military bodies of the country of concern, 
details on how the license conditions ad-
dress the specific threats arising from such 
policy or law; 
‘‘(E) a certification that approving the li-
cense will not adversely impact the availability 
of covered integrated circuits for United States 
persons, including a certification that all of the 
major subcomponents of the covered integrated 
circuits, such as high-bandwidth memory, are 
available in sufficient supply to fulfill the en-
tirety of the demand of United States persons; 
and 
‘‘(F) a certification that approving the li-
cense will not adversely impact the advantage of 
the United States in total nationally-installed 
processing power capacity relative to the coun-
try of concern related to the ultimate consignee 
or end user of the covered integrated circuit; 
‘‘(G) the underlying analyses supporting 
the certifications required in subparagraphs 
(D), (E), and (F); and 
‘‘(H) a technical assessment (including an 
alternative assessment by the Director of Na-
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tional Intelligence, if applicable) of how the ex-
port, re-export, or in-country transfer of the 
covered integrated circuit to an entity that is lo-
cated or headquartered in, or the ultimate par-
ent company of which is headquartered in, a 
country of concern affects the artificial intel-
ligence leadership of the United States, includ-
ing in terms of global market share, in artificial 
intelligence models, artificial intelligence cloud 
services, and covered integrated circuits, respec-
tively. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The license described 
in subsection (b) may not be issued— 
‘‘(i) until the date that is not fewer 
than 30 days after the committees de-
scribed paragraph (1) received the certifi-
cation required in such paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) if Congress, prior to the date 
that is 30 days after such committees re-
ceived such certification, enacts a joint res-
olution prohibiting the proposed export, re-
export, or in-country transfer. 
‘‘(B) JOINT RESOLUTION.— 
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‘‘(i) CONSIDERATION
IN
THE
SEN-
ATE.—Any joint resolution under this sub-
section shall be considered in the Senate in 
accordance with the provisions of section 
601(b) of the International Security As-
sistance and Arms Export Control Act of 
1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 765). 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—For the purpose 
of expediting the consideration and enact-
ment of joint resolutions under this sub-
section, a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of any such joint resolution after it 
has been reported by the appropriate com-
mittee shall be treated as highly privileged 
in the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN LICENSE RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTED UNITED STATES PERSONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirement for a li-
cense under sections 742.6 and 744.23 of the Ex-
port Administration Regulations shall not apply to 
the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of a cov-
ered integrated circuit if the covered integrated cir-
cuit— 
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‘‘(A) is destined for a country that is not 
a country of concern; and 
‘‘(B) remains under the ownership and 
control of a trusted United States person or the 
subsidiaries of a trusted United States person 
once the covered integrated circuit is in oper-
ation. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
Security, in coordination with each agency that is 
part of the Operating Committee for Export Policy, 
shall— 
‘‘(A) seek input from the public regarding 
the standards and requirements a United 
States person should be required to meet to ob-
tain a designation as a trusted United States 
person; 
‘‘(B) based on such input, prescribe regu-
lations establishing such standards and require-
ments, which shall include— 
‘‘(i) establishment by the United 
States person of reasonable security stand-
ards, including physical security, cyberse-
curity, remote access, secure covered inte-
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grated circuit repair and disposal proce-
dures, and other measures designed to pre-
vent the illicit transfer, diversion, or access 
to covered integrated circuits; 
‘‘(ii) a requirement that the United 
States person may not transfer or install a 
majority of its aggregate total processing 
performance of covered integrated circuits 
outside the United States; 
‘‘(iii) a requirement that not more 
than 10 percent of the ultimate beneficial 
ownership of the United States person may 
be held, directly or indirectly, by any entity 
that primarily resides, is domiciled, or con-
ducts the majority of its business in a 
country of concern; 
‘‘(iv) a preference for sourcing ad-
vanced integrated circuits and subcompo-
nents from production facilities that sup-
port the revival of semiconductor manufac-
turing in the United States; and 
‘‘(v) annual audit or attestation re-
quirements to ensure compliance with 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii); and 
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‘‘(C) prescribe regulations establishing the 
process by which the Under Secretary, in co-
ordination with each agency that is part of the 
Operating Committee for Export Policy, shall 
approve such a designation. 
‘‘(3) ALLIED
EXPANSION.—The Under Sec-
retary, in coordination with each agency that is part 
of the Operating Committee for Export Policy, shall 
consider options for securely expanding the license 
exemption program described in this subsection to 
allies of the United States. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION
OF
LICENSES.—Any license 
issued or approved prior to the date of the enactment of 
this section for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer 
of a covered integrated circuit to an entity that is located 
or headquartered in, or the ultimate parent company of 
which is headquartered in, a country of concern is termi-
nated. 
‘‘(f) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION.—The Under Sec-
retary, in coordination with each agency that is part of 
the Operating Committee for Export Policy, shall deny all 
licenses for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of 
a covered integrated circuit to an entity that is located 
or headquartered in, or the ultimate parent company of 
which is headquartered in, a country of concern until the 
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date that is 14 days after the submission to Congress of 
the national security strategy required in subsection (g). 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, 
the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, and the Director of the White House Office 
of Science and Technology Policy, and in consultation with 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a strategy that de-
tails— 
‘‘(1) the national security implications of and 
goals that should govern the physical and remote ac-
cess by countries of concern to covered integrated 
circuits, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, 
and related subcomponents that are from the United 
States or allies of the United States; 
‘‘(2) an assessment of the implications of the 
export, re-export, or in-country transfer of covered 
integrated circuits to countries of concern for the 
military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber-enabled 
capabilities of such countries; and 
‘‘(3) an assessment by the Director of National 
Intelligence of the covered integrated circuit produc-
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tion numbers and capabilities of the People’s Repub-
lic of China for fiscal year 2026, including— 
‘‘(A) a determination of whether the Chi-
nese Communist Party would cease or reduce 
its efforts to pursue indigenous production and 
use of Chinese-designed and manufactured cov-
ered integrated circuits if entities located or 
headquartered in, or the ultimate parent com-
pany of which is headquartered in, the People’s 
Republic of China are provided access to cov-
ered integrated circuits designed in the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) a comparison of the covered inte-
grated circuit production numbers and capabili-
ties of the People’s Republic of China to the 
covered integrated circuit production numbers 
and capabilities of the United States and allies 
of the United States; and 
‘‘(C) a quantitative analysis examining the 
artificial intelligence capabilities of countries of 
concern if such countries relied solely on indige-
nous production of covered integrated circuits 
using indigenously produced manufacturing 
equipment and related subcomponents.’’. 
Æ 
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