The House Foreign Affairs Committee, with broad bipartisan support, on Jan. 21 advanced for a full floor vote a bill that would give Congress oversight of foreign advanced AI chip sales.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chair of the committee, doubled down on his AI Overwatch Act after controversy erupted last week following a committee hearing about the AI race between the United States and China.
Mast’s bill gives Congress similar oversight of foreign advanced AI chip sales as lawmakers have over foreign arms sales, with a 30-day window to review and reject export licenses by joint resolution.
“When the United States considers selling a C-130 or fighter jet or an engine that goes on one of those airframes … or anything that has military use, it goes through a process known as the foreign military sales process,” Mast said during the Jan. 21 hearing….
Lawmakers Push Bill to Give Congress Oversight of Advanced AI Chip Sales
