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HR 8170 · 119th Congress · HouseOther

MATCH Act

In plain language: This bill cuts off targeted factories in countries of concern, such as China and Russia, from purchasing advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment or receiving maintenance services on their machines. It directs U.S. officials to push allied nations that make chip tools to adopt matching export bans within 150 days. If an allied country does not match these rules, the U.S. will use its trade authority to directly block foreign companies from exporting or servicing chip tools that contain American software or components.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affectednot determinable from the text provided; the bill regulates commercial entities, foreign facilities, and trade transactions rather than specifying an individual population count.
Fiscal magnitudeno CBO estimate published
Reach60provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Aid & alliances+25Trade & tariffs−55

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it burdens

  • U.S. semiconductor equipment manufacturers and service providersRequires them to comply with comprehensive countrywide export restrictions and licensing policies of denial when exporting covered chipmaking equipment, components, or providing remote/in-person servicing to covered facilities in countries of concern under Sec. 3(c)(1) and Sec. 3(i)(6), (11).provisional
  • Semiconductor equipment suppliers in allied nationsFaces extended U.S. export controls, jurisdictional claims, and restrictions on exporting or servicing semiconductor equipment to covered facilities if their home countries do not adopt matching export control regimes under Sec. 3(c)(3).provisional
  • Covered federal agencies (Departments of Commerce and State)Mandates that the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and the Secretary of State (with DoD and DoE) conduct annual reviews of chokepoint equipment, engage in diplomatic negotiations, enforce export regulations within 150 days, and deliver periodic briefings and reports to Congress under Sec. 3(a)–(e).provisional

Who opposes it

  • Advanced semiconductor fabrication facilities in countries of concernDirectly cuts off their access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing tools, essential components, and equipment servicing from both the U.S. and allied supplier nations under Sec. 3(c)(1), Sec. 3(c)(3), and Sec. 3(i)(8).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires federal agencies to immediately engage in diplomatic negotiations to convince allied semiconductor-producing nations to adopt nationwide export bans and license denials for advanced chipmaking equipment and maintenance services.

    Sec. 3(b)(1)provisional
  2. Requires federal agencies to issue regulations within 150 days of enactment, and annually thereafter, placing nationwide export restrictions on all U.S.-origin semiconductor manufacturing equipment and targeted facilities in countries of concern.

    Sec. 3(c)(1)provisional
  3. Requires federal agencies, within 150 days of enactment, to either certify that allied supplier nations have adopted matching semiconductor controls or extend U.S. export restrictions to block exports and equipment servicing to covered facilities from non-compliant allied nations.

    Sec. 3(c)(2)-(3)provisional
  4. Authorizes federal agencies to lift or modify extended U.S. export restrictions on an allied supplier nation once that nation implements equivalent export controls and denial policies.

    Sec. 3(f)(1)provisional
  5. Requires federal agencies to reimpose extended export restrictions within 60 days if an allied country weakens, suspends, or repeals its agreed-upon semiconductor export controls.

    Sec. 3(f)(2)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Apr 22, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 8.
  2. Apr 2, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Apr 2, 2026Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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