U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced Wednesday that President Biden has signed into law the bipartisan Building Chips in America Act, aimed at streamlining federal reviews for domestic microchip manufacturing facilities, such as Intel’s upcoming project in New Albany, Ohio.
The new law, while expediting manufacturing processes, ensures that vital environmental protections for clean air and water remain intact.
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The legislation, which passed the U.S. Senate in December and was recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, is designed to prevent delays in the semiconductor manufacturing investments made possible by the CHIPS Act. The law aims to bolster U.S. competitiveness, particularly in relation to China, by ensuring timely federal reviews for these critical projects.
“This law 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,” said Brown.
Senator Brown, a key advocate for bringing manufacturing opportunities to Ohio, played a pivotal role in passing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which helped secure Intel’s $20 billion investment to build a semiconductor plant in New Albany. This project is expected to create 10,000 jobs.
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Since the CHIPS Act became law, numerous companies involved in the semiconductor supply chain have announced multi-billion-dollar investments in domestic manufacturing. The Building Chips in America Act will help streamline federal environmental reviews, ensuring that current and future microchip projects move forward without unnecessary delays. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce greater authority to effectively oversee the review process.
The new law will allow the administration to better implement the CHIPS Act, enhancing its ability to boost domestic microchip production, strengthen supply chains, reduce costs, and improve national security.
In addition to Senator Brown, the legislation was co-led in the Senate by 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).
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