Senate Passes Bill To Crack Down On Smuggling Of U.S. Chips To China

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate, he pointed out that this development creates “a grave national security concern.”

“Our legislation would strengthen BIS’s export control enforcement by rewarding whistleblowers with credible information on illegal actions to come forward,” said Sen. Rounds.

According to a bill summary provided by Rounds’ staff, the legislation would require BIS to establish a public, secure platform for whistleblower submissions of reports, create a fund to pay whistleblower rewards and operate the program, funded by fines from export control violations, and provide confidentiality guarantees and anti-retaliation protections to protect whistleblowers.