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Executive Order 12504

Protection of semiconductor chip products

This executive order establishes the procedural channel for extending U.S. semiconductor chip design protections to foreign entities under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984. It directs that requests for presidential proclamations must flow through the Secretary of Commerce, who will issue implementing regulations after consulting the Secretary of State.

50 FR 4849
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Impact dates

  1. Secretary of Commerce to prescribe and publish regulations

Key directives

  • Requests for presidential proclamations extending chip protections to foreign nationals must be presented through Secretary of Commerce
  • Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe regulations after consultation with Secretary of State
  • Regulations must be published in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Establishment of procedural routing for protection extension requests

Near term (90d)

  • Secretary of Commerce to prescribe and publish regulations in Federal Register

Long term

  • Ongoing framework for international extension of chip design protections

Risks & tensions

  • No explicit deadline in text; 'orderly implementation' implies prompt action but lacks specificity
  • Potential tension between Commerce and State on regulatory terms
  • Subject to OMB authority under EO 11030, creating possible interagency friction
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