The Senate transmits a competitiveness invoice with $ 52 billion for the manufacture of chips

On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate exceeded S.1260, an amended version of the endless law of the Chuck Schumer border that allows billions of funds to strengthen US technology and research. Doubled the United States Innovation and Competition Act and the competition, it is also intended to strengthen US manufacturing and technology to participate in options from China and adopted by a vote from 68 to 32.

As Reuters notes, the $ 190 billion in expenditure set out in the bill, more than $ 50 billion is available to “increase production and research on semiconductors and telecommunication equipment”, with 2 Billions of dollars targeted specifically on fleas used by automakers who have established a short supply, slow down production lines across the country.

In a tweet after the vote, Schumer said: “This legislation will fix the United States on an exit route of innovation, products out of products and world competition in the future industries”. The initial bill proposed last year has committed more than $ 100 billion to stimulate research and create concentrations of regional technology, but this version has extended to $ 250 billion, while Bloomberg notes an additional legislation of several competition committees with China.

The bill still includes $ 10 billion that will go to the trade service to reshape cities and regions as technological concentrations, while the $ 100 billion for a National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF) have transformed into $ 29 billion for a new direction of technology and innovation. at the existing NSF.

It also includes provisions for NASA expenditures and Artemis mission mission, but it is not yet a law. The house still has to adopt a version of the bipartisan invoice and support, it is uncertain.