National Institute of Standards and Technology CHIPS Expansion Clawback Information Collection

The CHIPS Act (the Act) established a manufacturing incentives program to sustain and reestablish U.S. leadership across the semiconductor supply chain. To ensure that funding provided through the CHIPS program does not directly or indirectly benefit foreign countries of concern, the Act establishes certain conditions that must be imposed on recipients of CHIPS funds, such as restricting engagement in any significant transaction involving the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capacity in foreign countries of concern and prohibiting certain joint research or technology licensing efforts with foreign entities of concern. The Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a final rule to set forth terms related to these conditions and procedures for a covered entity to notify the Secretary of any planned significant transactions that may be prohibited (88 FR 65600). This information collection will be utilized as an information collection set forth in the final rule.

The latest form for National Institute of Standards and Technology CHIPS Expansion Clawback Information Collection expires 2027-02-28 and is listed under ICR 202309-0693-009.