A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to impose countervailing duties on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductors produced by Hynix Semiconductor.

This bill would require the U.S. government to impose a high tax, known as a countervailing duty, on computer memory chips (DRAM) imported from the South Korean company Hynix Semiconductor. Specifically, it directs officials to halt the standard processing of these imports and require a cash deposit equal to 80 percent of the product's value before they can enter the country.

For everyday citizens, the practical impact would likely be an increase in the cost of electronic devices that use these specific memory chips, such as personal computers and servers. The legislation was designed to protect domestic semiconductor manufacturers from foreign competitors that the bill's sponsors believed were receiving unfair financial subsidies from their home government.