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Lawmakers Push Three China Chip-Export Bills Into NDAA on Huang Spy-Scandal Fallout

Summary

The Jensen Huang affair is being used to shove three export-control bills into the NDAA: Warren/Banks' AI Overwatch Act (congressional oversight of advanced chip exports), Foster/Huizenga's Chip Security Act (location-tracking against smuggling) and the Match Act (pressing US allies to halt chipmaking-equipment sales to China). House Foreign Affairs chair Brian Mast says Huang's lobbying weight against export controls has been weakened '100%.' Despite existing rules, China took in the equivalent of 1.6M H100s through 2025 via Southeast Asian routes.