Schumer Introduces Legislation To Invest $53 Billion In Domestic Semiconductor Industry, Fuel American Innovation
File photo of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (2010). WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which combines Schumer’s Endless Frontier Act, other bipartisan competitiveness bills, and $52 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations to implement the semiconductor-related manufacturing and R&D programs authorized in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act and a program to support legacy chip production that is essential to the auto industry, the military, and other critical industries. A...