The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
S 1473 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Mike Rounds (R)

Stop Stealing our Chips Act

Creates a whistleblower reward program for reporting U.S. export control violations, especially illegal chip sales.

Tradeoff

Rewards people who report illegal exports of advanced technology with 10-30% of collected fines. Funds the program from fines collected on cases initiated by whistleblower tips.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the Senate by on May 20, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Apr 10, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Apr 10, 2025)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Rounds's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 5445 · May 20, 2026)

    Adds the Denied Persons List and Entity List to the people barred from whistleblower awards and extends rewards to certain property forfeiture cases.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 20, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    Discharged(May 20, 2026)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(May 21, 2026)