Semiconductor Bill Related to Ukraine War Passes
A bill that establishes a working group to report on how the supply of palladium, neon gas, helium and hexafluorobutadiene 20 were disrupted by the war in Ukraine passed the House of Representatives 414-9 on April 27. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., is called the Protecting Semiconductor Supply Chain Materials from Authoritarians Act.
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“Since coming to Congress, it has been one of my top priorities to promote policies that ensure a robust domestic supply of semiconductors,” Meijer said in a press release announcing the bill. “The effects of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine are far reaching, and this legislation ensures we are properly considering the impact it has on our semiconductor supply chain."
The report of the working group should recommend any legislation needed to bolster the supply of elements, compounds or other inputs to the semiconductor supply chain that were made scarcer as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.