Introduce legislation to boost the microchip manufacturing workforce to meet demand from semiconductor manufacturers expanding in the United States.

introduced the bipartisan CHIPS Training in America Act, a bipartisan plan to strategically boost the microchip manufacturing workforce to meet the demand created by semiconductor manufacturers establishing or expanding their operations in the United States

Kelly and Budd introduced a bill aimed at expanding the microchip manufacturing workforce.

Kelly, Budd Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Microchip Manufacturing Workforce
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Axios reported that Mark Kelly, J.D. Vance, and Tom Cotton were introducing bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of shovel-ready manufacturing sites and reduce site-preparation barriers.

Concrete legislative action in the manufacturing-expansion lane. This is only an indirect fit for the workforce promise, so I treat it as partial progress rather than a direct fulfillment.

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Politico said Kelly was a co-sponsor of the Building Chips in America Act, which aimed to speed chip manufacturing by easing NEPA reviews and had already cleared Congress by the time of publication.

Kelly continued to back semiconductor-manufacturing legislation. That shows sustained action toward the broader chip-expansion goal, but it still does not prove a workforce-specific bill, so I count it as partial.

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