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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1215
To support efforts of the governments of Western Hemisphere countries
to increase the diversity of their upstream supply chains and downstream
supply chains.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY11, 2025
Mr. S
TANTON(for himself and Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To support efforts of the governments of Western Hemi-
sphere countries to increase the diversity of their up-
stream supply chains and downstream supply chains.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Semiconductor Supply 4
Chain Security and Diversification Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act— 7
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(1) the term ‘‘upstream supply chain’’ includes 1
mining, production, or processing of critical minerals 2
used in semiconductor manufacturing, including— 3
(A) zinc; 4
(B) gallium; 5
(C) germanium; 6
(D) silicon; 7
(E) lithium; and 8
(F) cobalt; and 9
(2) the term ‘‘downstream supply chain’’ in-10
cludes— 11
(A) testing and packaging facilities for 12
semiconductors; and 13
(B) advanced testing and packaging facili-14
ties for semiconductors. 15
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 16
(a) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-17
gress that the United States has an economic and national 18
security interest in diversifying the semiconductor supply 19
chain, specifically by encouraging the development of a re-20
gionally-based semiconductor ecosystems in the Western 21
Hemisphere to compliment the investments in the United 22
States under the CHIPS and Science Act. 23
(b) S
TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 24
United States— 25
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(1) to promote the security of allies and part-1
ners of the United States by encouraging the devel-2
opment of accessible, transparent, competitive, and 3
robust semiconductor markets that provide diversi-4
fied sources, types, and parts of the semiconductor 5
chip; and 6
(2) to encourage United States public and pri-7
vate sector investment in Latin American semicon-8
ductor infrastructure projects to bridge the gap be-9
tween national security needs and commercial de-10
mand in a way that is consistent with the region’s 11
absorptive capacity. 12
SEC. 4. SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF 13
WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES TO IN-14
CREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR UP-15
STREAM SUPPLY CHAINS AND DOWNSTREAM 16
SUPPLY CHAINS. 17
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In carrying out the policy de-18
scribed in section 3(b), the Secretary of State, in consulta-19
tion with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of 20
other relevant United States agencies, shall, as appro-21
priate, focus the efforts of the Department of State and 22
those agencies in supporting the efforts of the govern-23
ments of Western Hemisphere countries to increase the 24
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diversity of their upstream supply chains and downstream 1
supply chains, including through— 2
(1) providing diplomatic and political support to 3
the Organization of American States and Western 4
Hemisphere governments, as necessary— 5
(A) to facilitate international negotiations 6
concerning cross-border infrastructure; 7
(B) to enhance the Western Hemisphere’s 8
regulatory environment with respect to semi-9
conductors; and 10
(C) to develop accessible, transparent, and 11
competitive supply chain markets and down-12
stream supply chain markets that are supplied 13
by diverse sources, types, and routes of energy; 14
and 15
(2) providing support to improve Western 16
Hemisphere upstream supply chains and down-17
stream supply chains for semiconductors, includ-18
ing— 19
(A) to diversify the sources and supply 20
routes of Western Hemisphere countries; and 21
(B) to enhance semiconductor market inte-22
gration across the regions. 23
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(b) TERMS ANDCONDITIONS.—For the purposes of 1
providing support for projects under this section, the fol-2
lowing terms and conditions shall apply: 3
(1) The United States International Develop-4
ment Finance Corporation may provide support for 5
upstream supply chain and downstream supply chain 6
projects in countries in the Western Hemisphere 7
with upper-middle-income economies or high-income 8
economies (as those terms are defined by the World 9
Bank). 10
(2) The restrictions under section 1412(c)(2) of 11
the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to De-12
velopment Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612(c)(2)) shall 13
not apply. 14
(3) The Corporation shall restrict the provision 15
of such support in a country described in paragraph 16
(1) unless— 17
(A) the President certifies to the appro-18
priate congressional committees that such sup-19
port furthers the national economic or foreign 20
policy interests of the United States; and 21
(B) such support is— 22
(i) designed to produce significant de-23
velopmental outcomes or provide develop-24
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mental benefits to the poorest population 1
of that country; or 2
(ii) necessary to preempt or counter 3
efforts by a strategic competitor of the 4
United States to secure significant political 5
or economic leverage or acquire national 6
security-sensitive technologies or infra-7
structure in a country that is an ally or 8
partner of the United States. 9
(c) A
PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-10
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-11
sional committees’’ has the meaning given that term in 12
section 1402 of the Better Utilization of Investments 13
Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601). 14
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