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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1215
5	5	To support efforts of the governments of Western Hemisphere countries
6	6	to increase the diversity of their upstream supply chains and downstream
7	7	supply chains.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY11, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	TANTON(for himself and Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota) introduced the
12	12	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To support efforts of the governments of Western Hemi-
15	15	sphere countries to increase the diversity of their up-
16	16	stream supply chains and downstream supply chains.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Semiconductor Supply 4
21	21	Chain Security and Diversification Act of 2025’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
23	23	In this Act— 7
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26	26	•HR 1215 IH
27	27	(1) the term ‘‘upstream supply chain’’ includes 1
28	28	mining, production, or processing of critical minerals 2
29	29	used in semiconductor manufacturing, including— 3
30	30	(A) zinc; 4
31	31	(B) gallium; 5
32	32	(C) germanium; 6
33	33	(D) silicon; 7
34	34	(E) lithium; and 8
35	35	(F) cobalt; and 9
36	36	(2) the term ‘‘downstream supply chain’’ in-10
37	37	cludes— 11
38	38	(A) testing and packaging facilities for 12
39	39	semiconductors; and 13
40	40	(B) advanced testing and packaging facili-14
41	41	ties for semiconductors. 15
42	42	SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 16
43	43	(a) S
44	44	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-17
45	45	gress that the United States has an economic and national 18
46	46	security interest in diversifying the semiconductor supply 19
47	47	chain, specifically by encouraging the development of a re-20
48	48	gionally-based semiconductor ecosystems in the Western 21
49	49	Hemisphere to compliment the investments in the United 22
50	50	States under the CHIPS and Science Act. 23
51	51	(b) S
52	52	TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 24
53	53	United States— 25
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57	57	(1) to promote the security of allies and part-1
58	58	ners of the United States by encouraging the devel-2
59	59	opment of accessible, transparent, competitive, and 3
60	60	robust semiconductor markets that provide diversi-4
61	61	fied sources, types, and parts of the semiconductor 5
62	62	chip; and 6
63	63	(2) to encourage United States public and pri-7
64	64	vate sector investment in Latin American semicon-8
65	65	ductor infrastructure projects to bridge the gap be-9
66	66	tween national security needs and commercial de-10
67	67	mand in a way that is consistent with the region’s 11
68	68	absorptive capacity. 12
69	69	SEC. 4. SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF 13
70	70	WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES TO IN-14
71	71	CREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR UP-15
72	72	STREAM SUPPLY CHAINS AND DOWNSTREAM 16
73	73	SUPPLY CHAINS. 17
74	74	(a) I
75	75	NGENERAL.—In carrying out the policy de-18
76	76	scribed in section 3(b), the Secretary of State, in consulta-19
77	77	tion with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of 20
78	78	other relevant United States agencies, shall, as appro-21
79	79	priate, focus the efforts of the Department of State and 22
80	80	those agencies in supporting the efforts of the govern-23
81	81	ments of Western Hemisphere countries to increase the 24
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84	84	•HR 1215 IH
85	85	diversity of their upstream supply chains and downstream 1
86	86	supply chains, including through— 2
87	87	(1) providing diplomatic and political support to 3
88	88	the Organization of American States and Western 4
89	89	Hemisphere governments, as necessary— 5
90	90	(A) to facilitate international negotiations 6
91	91	concerning cross-border infrastructure; 7
92	92	(B) to enhance the Western Hemisphere’s 8
93	93	regulatory environment with respect to semi-9
94	94	conductors; and 10
95	95	(C) to develop accessible, transparent, and 11
96	96	competitive supply chain markets and down-12
97	97	stream supply chain markets that are supplied 13
98	98	by diverse sources, types, and routes of energy; 14
99	99	and 15
100	100	(2) providing support to improve Western 16
101	101	Hemisphere upstream supply chains and down-17
102	102	stream supply chains for semiconductors, includ-18
103	103	ing— 19
104	104	(A) to diversify the sources and supply 20
105	105	routes of Western Hemisphere countries; and 21
106	106	(B) to enhance semiconductor market inte-22
107	107	gration across the regions. 23
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111	111	(b) TERMS ANDCONDITIONS.—For the purposes of 1
112	112	providing support for projects under this section, the fol-2
113	113	lowing terms and conditions shall apply: 3
114	114	(1) The United States International Develop-4
115	115	ment Finance Corporation may provide support for 5
116	116	upstream supply chain and downstream supply chain 6
117	117	projects in countries in the Western Hemisphere 7
118	118	with upper-middle-income economies or high-income 8
119	119	economies (as those terms are defined by the World 9
120	120	Bank). 10
121	121	(2) The restrictions under section 1412(c)(2) of 11
122	122	the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to De-12
123	123	velopment Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612(c)(2)) shall 13
124	124	not apply. 14
125	125	(3) The Corporation shall restrict the provision 15
126	126	of such support in a country described in paragraph 16
127	127	(1) unless— 17
128	128	(A) the President certifies to the appro-18
129	129	priate congressional committees that such sup-19
130	130	port furthers the national economic or foreign 20
131	131	policy interests of the United States; and 21
132	132	(B) such support is— 22
133	133	(i) designed to produce significant de-23
134	134	velopmental outcomes or provide develop-24
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137	137	•HR 1215 IH
138	138	mental benefits to the poorest population 1
139	139	of that country; or 2
140	140	(ii) necessary to preempt or counter 3
141	141	efforts by a strategic competitor of the 4
142	142	United States to secure significant political 5
143	143	or economic leverage or acquire national 6
144	144	security-sensitive technologies or infra-7
145	145	structure in a country that is an ally or 8
146	146	partner of the United States. 9
147	147	(c) A
148	148	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-10
149	149	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-11
150	150	sional committees’’ has the meaning given that term in 12
151	151	section 1402 of the Better Utilization of Investments 13
152	152	Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601). 14
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