Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§4631 Technology transfer

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 72— - SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE › § 4631

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must create procedures to move semiconductor technology made under the Initiative into use quickly and effectively, and must follow applicable laws, Executive orders, and regulations when doing so. Within one year after money is first provided for the Initiative, the Secretary must send a plan for transferring the technology and related information to these Congressional committees: the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Title 15, §4631

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(a)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)(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.

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

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15 U.S.C. § 4631

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73