Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research
§ 4622. Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing technology research initiative
Statutory text
The Secretary of Energy shall initiate and carry out a program (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Initiative”) of research on semiconductor manufacturing technology and on the practical applications of such technology. The Secretary may carry out the Initiative in a way that complements the activities of a consortium of United States semiconductor manufacturers, materials manufacturers, and equipment manufacturers, established for the purpose of conducting research concerning advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques and developing techniques to adopt manufacturing expertise to a variety of semiconductor products.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–180 div. C title I § 3142 · 101 Stat. 1019
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4622
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3142, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1242.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3142, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1242.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3142. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INITIATIVE The Secretary of Energy shall initiate and carry out a program (hereinafter in this subtitle referred to as the “Initiative”) of research on semiconductor manufacturing technology and on the practical applications of such technology. The Secretary may carry out the Initiative in a way that complements the activities of a consortium of United States semiconductor manufacturers, materials manufacturers, and equipment manufacturers, established for the purpose of conducting research concerning advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques and developing techniques to adopt manufacturing expertise to a variety of semiconductor products.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle” and was translated as reading “this part” meaning part D of title I of division C of Pub. L. 100–180 which enacted this subchapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress because title I did not contain subtitles.
Credits
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3142, , 101 Stat. 1242.)