Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022
The order establishes a White House-based CHIPS Implementation Steering Council to coordinate federal agency execution of the CHIPS Act of 2022, which funds semiconductor research, development, and manufacturing across the United States.
It also sets binding implementation priorities for all federal agencies — including protecting taxpayer funds, spurring private investment, and building domestic semiconductor supply chains — and assigns OMB oversight of spending accountability.
What this order does
What it orders
The order directs all federal agencies to prioritize six goals when implementing the CHIPS Act: protecting taxpayer resources; meeting economic, sustainability, and national security needs; ensuring long-term U.S. leadership in microelectronics; catalyzing private-sector investment; generating broad stakeholder benefits such as union jobs and opportunities for minority-, veteran-, and women-owned businesses; and strengthening regional manufacturing and innovation ecosystems. It creates the CHIPS Implementation Steering Council inside the Executive Office of the President to coordinate policy development across the executive branch.
The Steering Council is co-chaired by three senior White House officials and includes the heads of eleven named departments and agencies, with authority to add others. The order separately directs the Office of Management and Budget to promote and monitor effective stewardship of taxpayer resources in the Act's execution. The order itself does not appropriate funds or create grant programs; those come from the CHIPS Act legislation.
Who it affects
Federal agencies responsible for implementing the CHIPS Act, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Labor, Treasury, and others. Private-sector semiconductor companies, research universities, workforce development organizations, labor unions, and small and minority-owned businesses are the intended downstream beneficiaries of the Act's implementation the order coordinates.
Why it matters
The order shapes how tens of billions of dollars in CHIPS Act funds will be administered — setting the criteria agencies must weigh, establishing who coordinates across the federal government, and placing OMB in an oversight role. How agencies apply these priorities will influence which companies, regions, and workers receive federal semiconductor investment.
What must happen and when
How the order is supposed to work
The Steering Council serves as the cross-agency coordination hub: its three White House co-chairs can form subgroups, consult industry and labor leaders, and invite additional agency heads. OMB sits alongside the council with an independent oversight mandate focused on taxpayer stewardship. There are no fixed reporting deadlines; coordination is ongoing. The order's implementation is subject to available appropriations and existing law, and it creates no judicially enforceable rights.
Actions and deadlines
- Establish and begin operating the CHIPS Implementation Steering Council within the Executive Office of the President
- Prioritize six implementation goals in all agency actions related to the CHIPS Act
- Promote and monitor effective and efficient stewardship and oversight of taxpayer resources in CHIPS Act execution