S 1473
Passed a chamber
Creates a reward program and anti-retaliation protections for people who report violations of U.S. export control laws, such as diverting advanced AI chips to adversary countries.
Official title: Stop Stealing our Chips Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
21-MAY-2026
Senate
Introduced
10-APR-2025
Referred
10-APR-2025
Passed
20-MAY-2026
- Requires the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to set up a reward program within 120 days, paying whistleblowers 10 to 30 percent of fines collected from cases their information helps produce.
- Requires a secure online reporting portal, allows anonymous reports, and requires an initial credibility review within 60 days of each report.
- Prohibits employers from firing, demoting, or otherwise retaliating against whistleblowers, with relief that includes twice the owed back pay plus litigation costs and attorneys' fees.
- Establishes an Export Compliance Accountability Fund in the Treasury to pay awards, funded by fines collected in cases that rely on whistleblower information.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (10-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 20-MAY-2026).
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