Legislation· Oct 2024Sponsored by Mark Kelly (D)
Building Chips in America Act of 2023
Exempts some computer-chip factory projects from key environmental and historic-preservation reviews.
Tradeoff
Exempts some chip projects with federal aid from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and historic-preservation reviews. Also lets the Commerce Department lead environmental reviews for other federally aided chip projects.
What's in it
The Senate passed this bill by on December 14, 2023. The House passed it 257-125 on September 23, 2024, and it became law.
Senate
Introduced
(Jul 11, 2023)
Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works(Jul 11, 2023)
Senate · Amended
Senator Kelly's
Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 1378 · Dec 14, 2023)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Dec 14, 2023)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Environment and Public Works
Discharged(Dec 14, 2023)
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Dec 19, 2023)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Passed(Roll #440 · Sep 23, 2024)
257 yeanay 125House
Sent to the President
(Sep 24, 2024)
White House · Signature
Signed
Joe Biden (D)
Enacted
Became law(Oct 2, 2024)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
Final passage· Sep 23, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025