15 U.S.C. § 4601 — Findings, purposes, and definitions
submitted 39 years ago by Pub. L. 100-180 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 188 words · no verdicts yet
(a) Congress finds that it is in the United States’ economic and security interests for the Defense Department to financially assist Sematech’s semiconductor-manufacturing research and development. (b) The purposes are (1) to encourage the United States semiconductor industry to (A) research advanced manufacturing techniques and (B) develop ways to use manufacturing expertise for varied semiconductor products; and (2) to create grants financially supporting Sematech’s semiconductor research. (c) “Semiconductor Technology Council” and “Council” mean the advisory council under section 4603.
(a) Congress finds that it is in the United States’ economic and security interests for the Defense Department to financially assist Sematech’s semiconductor-manufacturing research and development.
(b) The purposes are (1) to encourage the United States semiconductor industry to (A) research advanced manufacturing techniques and (B) develop ways to use manufacturing expertise for varied semiconductor products; and (2) to create grants financially supporting Sematech’s semiconductor research.
(c) “Semiconductor Technology Council” and “Council” mean the advisory council under section 4603. “Sematech” means a United States semiconductor-industry consortium formed to research advanced manufacturing and adapt manufacturing expertise to varied semiconductor products.
The Congress finds that it is in the national economic and security interests of the United States for the Department of Defense to provide financial assistance to the industry consortium known as Sematech for research and development activities in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology.
The purposes of this subchapter are—
to encourage the semiconductor industry in the United States—
to conduct research on advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques; and
to develop techniques to use manufacturing expertise for the manufacture of a variety of semiconductor products; and
in order to achieve the purpose set out in paragraph (1), to provide a grant program for the financial support of semiconductor research activities conducted by Sematech.
In this subchapter:
The terms “Semiconductor Technology Council” and “Council” mean the advisory council established by section 4603 of this title.
The term “Sematech” means a consortium of firms in the United States semiconductor industry established for the purposes of (A) conducting research concerning advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques, and (B) developing techniques to adapt manufacturing expertise to a variety of semiconductor products.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 271, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1068; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title II, § 263(c)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1610.)
- 1987Enacted · Pub. L. 100-180 · 101 Stat. 1068
- 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1610
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-180 on 1987-12-04.
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