RESTRICT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6879 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6879 To prohibit sales of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips to countries of concern and facilitate the safe and efficient transfer of chips to approved United States persons abroad. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Meeks (for himself, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Titus, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Amo, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Sherman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit sales of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips to countries of concern and facilitate the safe and efficient transfer of chips to approved United States persons abroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Export and Security Trade Restrictions for Integrated Circuit Technologies Act'' or the ``RESTRICT Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO COUNTRIES OF CONCERN. (a) In General.--Part I of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1758 the following: ``SEC. 1758A. CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Advanced integrated circuit or product.-- ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the term `advanced integrated circuit' means an integrated circuit, computer, or other product containing such a circuit-- ``(i) classified under Export Control Classification Number 3A090 or 4A090 or a `.z'