The Biden administration is laying the groundwork to spend roughly $52 billion on semiconductor analysis and manufacturing even because it’s awaiting congressional approval of the funding, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo mentioned.

“We’re placing plans in place proper now already on the staff to take a position the $52 billion,” she mentioned Thursday throughout a White Home press briefing. “We have to incentivize the manufacturing of chips in America and so we’re very targeted on placing the items in place so that may occur.”

She added that she’s participating with trade day by day and doing “loads” to deal with the scarcity.

Raimondo informed Bloomberg Information in an interview that she’s listening to indicators of enhancements from automakers who informed her the availability crunch is getting “a bit bit higher” amid a global semiconductor shortage. Regardless of the uptick in chips allocation to the autos sector, many proceed to see manufacturing delays.

Chips trade representatives count on implementation of the funding — which incorporates hiring extra personnel at Commerce — to take as much as six months.