§ 4632. — Semiconductor research and development.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4632]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 72--SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
Sec. 4632. Semiconductor research and development
(a) Short title
This section may be cited as the ``National Advisory Committee on
Semiconductor Research and Development Act of 1988''.
(b) Findings and purposes
(1) The Congress finds and declares that--
(A) semiconductor technology is playing an ever-increasing role
in United States industrial and commercial products and processes,
making secure domestic sources of state-of-the-art semiconductors
highly desirable;
(B) modern weapons systems are highly dependent on leading edge
semiconductor devices, and it is counter to the national security
interest to be heavily dependent upon foreign sources for this
technology;
(C) governmental responsibilities related to the semiconductor
industry are divided among many Federal departments and agencies;
and
(D) joint industry-government consideration of semiconductor
industry problems is needed at this time.
(2) The purposes of this section are--
(A) to establish the National Advisory Committee on
Semiconductors; and
(B) to assign to such Committee the responsibility for devising
and promulgating a national semiconductor strategy, including
research and development, the implementation of which will assure
the continued leadership of the United States in semiconductor
technology.
(c) Creation of Committee
There is hereby created in the executive branch of the Government an
independent advisory body to be known as the National Advisory Committee
on Semiconductors (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``Committee'').
(d) Functions
(1) The Committee shall--
(A) collect and analyze information on the needs and
capabilities of industry, the Federal Government, and the scientific
and research communities related to semiconductor technology;
(B) identify the components of a successful national
semiconductor strategy in accordance with subsection (b)(2)(B) of
this section;
(C) analyze options, establish priorities, and recommend roles
for participants in the national strategy;
(D) assess the roles for government and national laboratories
and other laboratories supported largely for government purposes in
contributing to the semiconductor technology base of the Nation, as
well as to access the effective use of the resources of United
States private industry, United States universities, and private-
public research and development efforts; and
(E) provide results and recommendations to agencies of the
Federal Government involved in legislative, policymaking,
administrative, management, planning, and technology activities that
affect or are part of a national semiconductor strategy, and to the
industry and other nongovernmental groups or organizations affected
by or contributing to that strategy.
(2) In fulfilling this responsibility, the Committee shall--
(A) monitor the competitiveness of the United States
semiconductor technology base;
(B) determine technical areas where United States semiconductor
technology is deficient relative to international competition;
(C) identify new or emerging semiconductor technologies that
will impact the national defense or United States competitiveness or
both;
(D) develop research and development strategies, tactics, and
plans whose execution will assure United States semiconductor
competitiveness; and
(E) recommend appropriate actions that support the national
semiconductor strategy.
(e) Membership and procedures
(1)(A) The Committee shall be composed of 13 members, 7 of whom
shall constitute a quorum.
(B) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Energy, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation,
or their designees, shall serve as members of the Committee.
(C) The President, acting through the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy, shall appoint, as additional members of
the Committee, 4 members from outside the Federal Government who are
eminent in the semiconductor industry, and 4 members from outside the
Federal Government who are eminent in the fields of technology, defense,
and economic development.
(D) One of the members appointed under subparagraph (C), as
designated by the President at the time of appointment, shall be
chairman of the Committee.
(2) Funding and administrative support for the Committee shall be
provided to the Office of Science and Technology Policy through an
arrangement with an appropriate agency or organization designated by the
Committee, in accordance with a memorandum of understanding entered into
between them.
(3) Members of the Committee, other than full-time employees of the
Federal Government, while attending meetings of the Committee or
otherwise performing duties at the request of the Chairman while away
from their homes or regular places of business, shall be allowed travel
expenses in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5.
(4) The Chairman shall call the first meeting of the Committee not
later than 90 days after August 23, 1988.
(5) At the close of each fiscal year the Committee shall submit to
the President and the Congress a report on its activities conducted
during such year and its planned activities for the coming year,
including specific findings and recommendations with respect to the
national semiconductor strategy devised and promulgated under subsection
(b)(2)(B) of this section. The first report shall include an analysis of
those technical areas, including manufacturing, which are of importance
to the United States semiconductor industry, and shall make specific
recommendations regarding the appropriate Federal role in correcting any
deficiencies identified by the analysis. Each report shall include an
estimate of the length of time the Committee must continue before the
achievement of its purposes and the issuance of its final report.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of
this section such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years 1988,
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993.
(Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5142, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1444;
Pub. L. 102-245, title I, Sec. 105(f), Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 12.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Technology Competitiveness Act
and as part of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and
not as part of part D of title I of division C of Pub. L. 100-180 which
comprises this subchapter.
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102-245 substituted ``1990, 1991, 1992,
and 1993'' for ``and 1990''.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(e)(5) of this section relating to submitting annual report to Congress,
see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 178 of House
Document No. 103-7.
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its
duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463,
Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
