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"Strategic argument is real. Taiwan dependency on advanced nodes is the single largest unmitigated national-security risk in the federal stack. Subsidy isn't industrial policy — it's risk premium."
HR 3801 Federal Passed one chamber
American Manufacturing Continuity Act
Extends and expands semiconductor and advanced-manufacturing subsidies through 2030; conditions awards on domestic supply chains, U.S.-citizen workforce minimums, and clawback if production is offshored within ten years.
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"Picking winners. The semiconductor incumbents do not need a subsidy; the smaller-fab startups who would benefit most are explicitly excluded by the $1B-floor eligibility rules. This bill literally pays Intel and TSMC to keep doing what they were already going to do."
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"$72B over five years. Per CBO that's about $230 per American household — paid to companies whose CEOs make more than 1,000 of those households combined. Not how I want my tax money spent."
"Worked in a fab for 12 years. The 10-year clawback is what makes this version different from CHIPS '22 — without it, the dollars walk overseas inside five years."