S.Amdt. 6484

SA 6484. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1270A. SEMICONDUCTOR DIPLOMACY STRATEGY.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Semiconductor Diplomacy Strategy Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Advanced semiconductor.--The term ``advanced
semiconductor'' means an integrated circuit, computer, or
other product classified under Export Control Classification
Number 3A090, 4A090, related .z Export Control Classification
Numbers, or any other functionally equivalent or
substantially similar item.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Foreign country of concern.--The term ``foreign country
of concern'' has the meaning given the term ``covered
nation'' in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States Code
(c) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the
following 2 years, the Secretary of State shall submit a
strategy to the appropriate congressional committees that
describes the Department of State's plan to counter illicit
access by foreign countries of concern to advanced
semiconductors.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required under paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) identify countries functioning as hubs for data centers
operated or utilized by entities affiliated with foreign
countries of concern for the purpose of remotely accessing
computing power that could not lawfully be exported to, or
located within, a foreign country of concern;
(B) identify countries functioning as hubs for the
smuggling or transshipment of advanced semiconductors that
cannot otherwise be legally exported to, or located within, a
foreign country of concern; and
(C) present a diplomatic engagement plan--
(i) to reduce the illicit transshipment or smuggling of
advanced semiconductors; and
(ii) to reduce the number of countries operating as hubs
for remote access by foreign countries of concern to
otherwise restricted computing power; and
(D) identify barriers or limits to implementing the
diplomatic engagement plan described in subparagraph (C).
(3) Form of strategy.--The strategy required under this
subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
include a classified annex.
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