H.R. 8170/S. 4281, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act

Bottom Line Up Front

H.R. 8170, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, closes the allied gap in semiconductor export controls by giving the Netherlands, Japan, and other allied chipmaking tool suppliers 150 days to match U.S. restrictions on exports to Chinese chipmakers. If allies fail to comply, the bill requires the Bureau of Industry and Security to extend U.S. jurisdiction over all allied chipmaking tools built with American technology.

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Why It Matters

• Targets the single most controllable choke point in China’s AI supply chain. DUV lithography machines — the equipment that prints logic chips onto silicon wafers — are manufactured by a small group of U.S. and allied companies and require constant servicing from the engineers who build them. By tightening export rules on the highest-end DUV machines and ending ongoing servicing of systems already in China, the MATCH Act could render Huawei’s existing fleet obsolete within a few years, hamstringing Chinese logic-chip fabrication in a way no other policy tool can match.
• Closes the allied gap that Beijing has exploited to keep its chip industry advancing. While the U.S. has imposed extensive export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allied suppliers in the Netherlands and Japan have not fully matched those restrictions — allowing Chinese chipmakers to import hundreds of older-generation DUV machines and upgrade them through multi-patterning to produce advanced logic chips. The MATCH Act gives allies 150 days to align their controls; if they don’t, the bill directs the Bureau of Industry and Security to extend U.S. jurisdiction over allied chipmaking tools built with American technology.
• Levels the playing field for American companies while protecting U.S. national security. Under the current patchwork of entity-based restrictions, U.S. toolmakers face tougher rules than their Dutch and Japanese counterparts — putting American firms at a competitive disadvantage while allowing Beijing to bypass controls through front companies. The MATCH Act replaces that broken approach with country-wide prohibitions and codified restrictions on key Chinese chipmakers, ensuring U.S. and allied toolmakers compete on equal footing and denying China the equipment it needs to contest American AI leadership from 2027 onward.

Congressional Press Releases

Read statements from members of Congress who are supporting this legislation:

• → Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
• → Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)