House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Stop Stealing our Chips Act
Official title: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to establish a whistleblower incentive program and provide protections to whistleblowers.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Kean R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 28, 2025
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6322.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6322, Stop Stealing our Chips Act” on August 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62629
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6322, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 199, November 28, 2025, Page H4908):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6322, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Kean.
- H.R. 1765 (119th) Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- H.R. 2503 (119th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 5419 (119th) Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
- H.R. 5584 (119th) LIFT AI Act
- H.R. 5634 (119th) Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
- H.R. 6423 (119th) HELP Copays Act
Related bills
- S. 1473 (119th) Stop Stealing our Chips ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.