BIS Hoping to Publish Chip Corrections Rule Soon, Official Says

The Bureau of Industry and Security is gearing up to issue a set of corrections and clarifications to rules it released in October for advanced computing chips and chipmaking tools (see 2310170055), a Commerce Department official said March 28.

Interested parties will “probably see it published next week" in the Federal Register, the official said, speaking on background under a policy for certain career personnel at the BIS annual Update Conference.

Both rules, issued as interim final rules, updated controls for China. Public comments on the regulations were due Jan. 17.