US House Panel Votes on AI Chip Export Bill That Could Block Nvidia H200 Sales to China - NVDA

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to vote on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) on the "AI Oversight Act," a bill that would grant Congress authority to review and block exports of advanced AI chips to China and other adversarial nations, sparking debate in Washington. Proposed by Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast in December, the bill targets President Trump’s recent approval of Nvidia’s (NVDA-US) H200 AI chip exports to China. It grants the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Banking Committees 30 days to review and potentially veto high-end AI chip export licenses. Mast argues it prevents Chinese military access to cutting-edge US technology. The bill faces opposition from within the White House, where AI policy chief David Sacks accused “anti-Trump forces” of backing the measure to undermine presidential authority. AI firm Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei likened H200 exports to “selling nuclear weapons to North Korea,” citing national security risks. If approved by the committee, the bill must still pass full votes in both chambers and be signed by the president.