House Moves to Assert Oversight of AI Chip Exports After Nvidia Gains China Approval

The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced bipartisan legislation to give Congress arms-sale style oversight of advanced AI chip exports and to bar Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell processors from China for at least two years. The move challenges the Trump administration’s recent decision to permit Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to Chinese buyers, formalized via a Commerce Department rule. The bill would require pre-approval notifications to Congress and allow lawmakers to block licenses to China, Russia and Iran, while creating exemptions for trusted U.S. firms shipping to allies. The measure underscores the widening rift between national-security hawks in Congress and the White House over how to balance AI leadership with controls on sensitive technology.

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