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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research

§ 4631. Technology transfer

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Energy shall adopt procedures to provide for timely and efficient transfer of semiconductor technology developed under the Initiative pursuant to applicable laws, Executive orders, and regulations.

(b)

Plan for commercialization enhancement

(1)

Not later than one year after the date on which funds are first appropriated to conduct the Initiative, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the committees of Congress named in paragraph (2) a plan for the transfer of semiconductor technology and information generated by the Initiative.

(2)

The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (1) are the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.

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.

  1. Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–180 div. C title I § 3151 · 101 Stat. 1019

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4631

    Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3151, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1244

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3151, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1244

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 3151. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (a) In General.— The Secretary of Energy shall adopt procedures to provide for timely and efficient transfer of semiconductor technology developed under the Initiative pursuant to applicable laws, Executive orders, and regulations. (b) Plan for Commercialization Enhancement.— (1) Not later than one year after the date on which funds are first appropriated to conduct the Initiative, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the committees of Congress named in paragraph (2) a plan for the transfer of semiconductor technology and information generated by the Initiative. (2) The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (1) are the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.

  2. Pub. L. 103–437 § 5(b)(6) · 108 Stat. 4581

    Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 4631(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Science, Space, and Technology” for “Committee on Science and Technology”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Science, Space, and Technology” for “Committee on Science and Technology”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) section 3151(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (15 U.S.C. 4631(b)(2)).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Science, Space, and Technology” for “Committee on Science and Technology”.

Credits

1987–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1987Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3151, , 101 Stat. 1244
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 5(b)(6), , 108 Stat. 4582.
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(Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title I, § 3151, , 101 Stat. 1244; Pub. L. 103–437, § 5(b)(6), , 108 Stat. 4582.)

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