WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Congress members

are calling on President Donald Trump's administration to

consider restricting the export of artificial intelligence chips

made by Nvidia ( NVDA ), alleging Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has relied on

them.

Republican John Moolenaar and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi,

who lead the House Select Committee on China, asked for the move

as part of a Commerce and State Department-led review ordered by

President Donald Trump to scrutinize the U.S. export control

system in light of "developments involving strategic

adversaries."

"We ask that as part of this review, you consider the

potential national security benefits of placing an export

control on Nvidia's ( NVDA ) H20 and chips of similar sophistication,"

they wrote in a letter dated Wednesday and addressed to National

Security Advisor Michael Waltz. They released the letter on

Thursday.

In the letter, they allege that a sophisticated AI model

recently released by DeepSeek made "extensive use" of Nvidia's ( NVDA )

H20 chip, which is currently outside the scope of U.S. export

controls.

DeepSeek and the White House did not immediately respond to

requests for comment. Nvidia ( NVDA ) said in a statement that its

products "comply with all requirements set by the government"

and that the company "is ready to work with the Administration

as it pursues its own approach to AI."