Today, Advancing American Freedom (AAF) President Tim Chapman endorsed House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chairman Brian Mast’s proposed changes to the GAIN AI Act, calling it “an essential national security check” as the White House considers approving the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips to the Chinese Communist Party.
“The future of warfare will be built on the backbone of advanced AI chips,” Chapman said. “Congress must urgently reform export control laws to ensure that these capabilities are not recklessly transferred to America’s adversaries.”
These advanced processors, far exceeding the performance allowed under existing export controls, would turbocharge China’s efforts at military modernization, from autonomous drone swarms to AI-enhanced targeting systems. By placing advanced AI chips under similar safeguards as weapons exports, Mast’s bill would give Congress a 30-day window to block transfers that endanger U.S. security.
“Treating these chips like the military assets they effectively are is just common sense,” Chapman said. “Mast’s GAIN AI Act reinstates congressional oversight, ensuring that America’s technological edge is never bartered away.”