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S 1473 · in committee · significant

Stop Stealing our Chips Act

What this bill does

  • Creates a whistleblower program rewarding people who report illegal exports of sensitive technology and military items.
  • Affects companies violating export control laws and employees reporting violations to the Commerce Department.
  • Funded through fines collected from violators, paid via a new Export Compliance Accountability Fund.

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    How would a whistleblower reward program funded by violator fines affect companies' willingness to self-report export control violations before employees do?

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    What types of sensitive technologies and military items should trigger mandatory reporting, and who should decide those classifications?

  3. 03

    How might employees balance loyalty to their employers against potential financial rewards for reporting illegal technology exports?

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Mike Rounds

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Introduced 2025-04-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  2. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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