S.Amdt. 6390

SA 6390, submitted by Ms. Cortez Masto, aims to change section 1248 of bill S. 4784. This bill deals with appropriations for fiscal year 2027 regarding the Department of Defense, military construction, and Department of Energy defense activities.

The purpose of this amendment is to strike subsection (c) of section 1248 and replace it with a new definition for a "covered AI chip."

The amendment defines a "covered AI chip" as any advanced integrated circuit, computer, or other product that meets any of the following:

• It is designed by or manufactured using technology from the United States, including items made abroad using U.S. intellectual property, design software, or semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and is classified (or functionally equivalent) under Export Control Classification Number 3A090, 4A090, 5A002.z, or related numbers.

• It is classified under Export Control Classification Number 3A090 or 4A090 (or related numbers), or is functionally equivalent or substantially similar to those products.

• It is an integrated circuit with digital processing units that meet specific technical thresholds, such as:

  • Total processing performance of 4,800 or more.
  • Total processing performance of 2,400 or more and a performance density of 1.6 or more.
  • Total processing performance of 1,600 or more and a performance density of 3.2 or more.
  • Total DRAM bandwidth of 1,400 gigabytes per second or more, interconnect bandwidth of 1,100 gigabytes per second or more, or a combined bandwidth of 1,700 gigabytes per second or more.