Work with House colleagues to advance the Stop Stealing our Chips Act through Congress and to the President's desk.

Mike Rounds · South Dakota · Republican

policy impact 0.54 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

I look forward to working with our colleagues in the House to get this important legislation through Congress and to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.

Rounds commits to keep pushing the semiconductors anti-smuggling bill through the House and toward enactment.

Rounds Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American Semiconductors into China Unanimously Passes Senate
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Rounds said the Stop Stealing our Chips Act passed the Senate and now heads to the House for final passage. The release says he wants to work with House colleagues to get it through Congress and to the president's desk.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Concrete progress was made, but the bill had not yet cleared the House or reached the president. This is partial delivery, not full completion.

partial same_term A for effort

Rounds Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American Semiconductors into China Unanimously Passes Senate
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Rounds and Warner introduced the Stop Stealing our Chips Act in the Senate, where it was read twice and referred to committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This shows the campaign promise became an introduced Senate bill, but at that stage it had not yet advanced through Congress.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Rounds Introduces Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American AI Chips into China
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Rounds and Warner introduced the Stop Stealing our Chips Act; Rounds said it would strengthen BIS export-control enforcement through whistleblower rewards.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This shows Rounds took concrete legislative action in the 119th Congress by introducing the bill with bipartisan Senate support, but introduction alone did not put the measure on the President's desk.

partial same_term A for effort

Rounds Introduces Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American AI Chips into China
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The draft bill states Mr. Rounds, for himself and Mr. Warner, introduced a bill cited as the Stop Stealing our Chips Act.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text confirms the substance and sponsor action: amending the Export Control Reform Act to establish a whistleblower incentive program and protections.

partial same_term A for effort

Whistleblower Incentive Bill
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Rounds announced the Stop Stealing our Chips Act passed the Senate and stated it now heads to the House for final passage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is meaningful same-term progress and directly matches the promise to advance the bill, but the same announcement shows the bill had not yet cleared the House or reached the President.

partial same_term A for effort

Rounds Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American Semiconductors into China Unanimously Passes Senate
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov describes this page as bills passed by both chambers, enrolled, and presented to the President; the listed measures do not include the Stop Stealing our Chips Act.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): An official Congress.gov presented-to-the-President page did not show the Stop Stealing our Chips Act as having reached the President, supporting that the full promise was not completed in the available record.

never same_term

Presented to the President
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 72%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Rounds introduced and sponsored the Stop Stealing our Chips Act, and it passed the Senate on May 22, 2026, during his current Senate term. That materially advanced the promised legislation and directly supports candidate credit. However, the stated promise was to work with House colleagues to get it through Congress and to the President's desk; the available record shows it still needed House passage and had not been presented to or signed by the President as of the adjudication date. This is meaningful same-term progress but not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Rounds co-sponsored and advanced the Stop Stealing our Chips Act, and the bill passed the Senate during his term, which is meaningful progress. But the evidence does not show the measure clearing the House or reaching the President's desk, so the full promised outcome was not delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%