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[CITE: 15USC4622]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                   CHAPTER 72--SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 
                          EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
 
Sec. 4622. Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing 
        technology research initiative
        
    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.

(Pub. L. 100-180, div. C, title I, Sec. 3142, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1242.)

                       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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4623, 4624 of this title.
