Breaking: House Passes Brown’s Bipartisan Bill to Cut Red Tape for CHIPS Projects Like Intel

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's bipartisan Building Chips in America Act, a bill to streamline federal reviews for microchip manufacturing facilities like the one being built by Intel in New Albany. The bill prevents delays in domestic manufacturing investments made possible by the CHIPS Act while maintaining bedrock environmental protections for clean air and water.

The legislation passed the U.S. Senate in December and heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.

"This legislation will help prevent delays to the semiconductor manufacturing projects the CHIPS Act made possible and will encourage future investments in American manufacturing. This is critical to Intel's project in Licking County and to ensure that we can outcompete China - I'm glad the House finally passed it and encourage the President to sign it into law immediately," said Senator Brown.

Brown has been a leader in bringing new manufacturing opportunities to Ohio and worked to pass into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022which boosted Intel's $20 billion investment to build a semiconductor plant in New Albany and is expected to create 10,000 jobs.

Following its passage, companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain have announced plans to invest billions in new domestic manufacturing projects. The Building Chips in America Act would ensure federal environmental reviews are completed in a timely manner for these microchip projects supported by the CHIPS Act by streamlining approval for projects currently under construction and others that could be delayed, and by providing the Secretary of Commerce greater tools to more effectively and efficiently carry out reviews.

This will give the administration additional authority to more effectively implement the CHIPS Act and maximize its potential to boost domestic microchip manufacturing, strengthen domestic supply chains, lower costs, and improve national security.

In addition to Brown, U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Todd Young (R-IN), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Ted Budd (R-NC) led the legislation in the Senate.

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