Krishnamoorthi Joins Bipartisan Coalition of Lawmakers to Introduce Chip EQUIP Act to Block Semiconductor Equipment Purchases from Foreign Adversaries
WASHINGTON — Today, House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) joined Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Greg Landsman (D-OH), and Erin Houchin (R-IN) in introducing the Chip Equipment Quality, Usefulness, and Integrity Protection Act of 2025—the Chip EQUIP Act. The bipartisan legislation strengthens U.S. semiconductor security by prohibiting federal CHIPS Act funds from being used to purchase fully assembled semiconductor manufacturing equipment produced by foreign entities of concern, including companies tied to the People’s Republic of China.
“As the United States invests billions to restore our semiconductor leadership, we cannot allow equipment built or refurbished by foreign adversaries—especially those connected to the Chinese Communist Party—to slip into our most sensitive supply chains,” said Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi. “The Chip EQUIP Act ensures that taxpayer dollars strengthen American national security, and never give a back door to our adversaries. This bipartisan bill is another step toward safeguarding our national security, supporting domestic innovation, and protecting the integrity of the CHIPS investments across the country.”
About the Chip EQUIP Act
The legislation amends the CHIPS and Science Act to bar federally funded semiconductor projects from procuring completed, fully assembled semiconductor manufacturing equipment made or refurbished by a foreign entity of concern or its subsidiary. As defined in the bill text, “ineligible semiconductor manufacturing equipment” includes:
Deposition equipment
Etching equipment
Lithography tools
Inspection, metrology, and testing systems
Wafer slicing and dicing equipment
Wire bonders
Ion implantation equipment
Chemical mechanical polishing tools
Diffusion and oxidation furnaces
Thermal processing equipment
Automated material handling systems\
The bill applies a 10-year prohibition on the procurement, installation, or use of such equipment in CHIPS-funded projects. A narrow national-security waiver is available only if:
No suitable equipment is available from the U.S. or allied countries;
The equipment was originally made by a non-foreign-entity-of-concern and merely refurbished by one; or
The equipment complies with export-control requirements and the Secretary of Commerce—after consulting the DNI or Secretary of Defense—determines the waiver supports U.S. national security.
View a one-pager on the bill here.
View bill text here