---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4622"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4622"
heading: "Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing technology research initiative"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4622"
units:
  - "Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research"
  - "Subchapter II — Department of Energy Semiconductor Technology Research Excellence Initiative"
---

# §4622. Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing technology research initiative


The Secretary of Energy shall initiate and carry out a [program](/usc/15/2921.md?p=6) (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “[Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5)”) of research on semiconductor manufacturing technology and on the practical [applications](/usc/15/77ccc.md?p=8) of such technology. The Secretary may carry out the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5) in a way that complements the activities of a consortium of United States semiconductor [manufacturers](/usc/15/1278.md?p=c-1-D-i), materials [manufacturers](/usc/15/1278.md?p=c-1-D-i), and equipment [manufacturers](/usc/15/1278.md?p=c-1-D-i), 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.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### 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.