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The fight over S2228-118

Building Chips in America Act of 2023

Building Chips in America Act of 2023 This bill modifies and limits the review of certain semiconductor (i.e., microchip) projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Specifically, the bill exempts from NEPA and NHPA specified semiconductor projects that receive fin…

166 lobbying reports name this bill48 organizationsfavors Technology

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THE LOBBYING SURGE

Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis

⚠ chart still assembling — 42% of this bill's 166 reports are dated so far; bars grow as filing periods are extracted

hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in

WHO SHOWED UP

Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position

1MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.18

2TSMC ARIZONA10

3SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC.7

4FLUOR CORPORATION7

5MEDIATEK USA INC.7

6ENTEGRIS6

7CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.6

8TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC)5

9SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION5

10CITY OF PEORIA, AZ4

THE REVOLVING DOOR

Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)

Ramon Zertuche

then: Staff Director of House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

now for: FLUOR CORPORATION

Nathan Robinson

then: Professional Staff, Senate Appropriations; Associate Administrator for Congressional Affairs, FTA, DOT; Director of Congressional Affairs, FRA, DOT.

now for: FLUOR CORPORATION

W. Patrick Wilson

then: (Director, US Dept of Commerce, Office of Business Liaison 2018-2020)

now for: MEDIATEK USA INC.

Timothy Hannegan

then: U.S. General Accounting Office

now for: TSMC ARIZONA

Jay Sulzmann

then: Legislative Director/Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Johnny Isakson; Sr. Policy Advisor/LA/LC/SA, Rep. Wally Herger

now for: TSMC ARIZONA

Jerr Rosenbaum

then: Legislative Director, Sen. John Cornyn; Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Hurt; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jack Kingston; Chief of Staff, Rep. Virgil Goode

now for: TSMC ARIZONA

Chris Gaston

then: Chief of Staff, Representative Rush Holt

now for: TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Christina Mcgarry David

then: Legislative Assistant / Scheduler, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; Intern, Rep. Doc Hastings

now for: TSMC ARIZONA

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THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE

Final passage: 221 YEA / 114 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)

⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries

1. Lawyers & Lobbyists$128.4M

2. Securities & Investment$99.6M

3. Health Services$89.9M

⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries

1. Lawyers & Lobbyists$71.0M

2. Health Services$44.3M

3. Labor Unions$42.6M

Dem YEA 65Dem NAY 104Ind YEA 1Rep NAY 10Rep YEA 155

Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.

Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/building-chips-in-america-act-of-2023-s2228-118

The fight over S2228-118

Building Chips in America Act of 2023

166 lobbying reports name this bill48 organizationsfavors Technology