The legislation would also include significant federal incentives to enhance tech R&D at American universities and institutions over the next five years.
The Senate will take up this legislation beginning this week. The House will consider similar legislation. Any bill that eventually makes its way to the White House would likely be some combination of the two.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has already asked Congress for $50 billion to fund the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which would use federal money to build more chip manufacturing capacity in the US.
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) warns that the US share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity has decreased from 37% to 12% since 1990. This is primarily due to government subsidies in other regions and stagnation in federal investment.
Senate Democrat proposes $52 billion for U S chips production, R&D
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Schumer wraps CHIPS Act funding into new tech bill
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