---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4603a"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4603a"
heading: "Study and report by Semiconductor Technology Council"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4603a"
units:
  - "Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research"
  - "Subchapter I — Cooperative Research Program"
---

# §4603a. Study and report by Semiconductor Technology Council

- (a) **Study and report—** Not later than February 1, 1989, and annually thereafter for each fiscal year in which appropriated funds are expended for [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2) the [Semiconductor Technology Council](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-1) established under [section 4603(a) of this title](/usc/15/4603.md?p=a) shall conduct a study and submit a report to the Governmental Affairs Committee and the Armed Services Committee of the Senate and to appropriate committees of the House of Representatives concerning Federal participation in [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2). The study and report shall be conducted under the direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology.
- (b) **Council recommendations and report—** The [Council](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-1) shall include in the report submitted under [subsection (a)](#a) the following:
  - (1) identification of potential sources of Federal funding from department and agency budgets for [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2) and recommendations concerning methods and terms of Federal financial participation in [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2), including grants, loans, loan guarantees, and contributions in kind. The feasibility of methods of Federal recoupment shall also be considered;
  - (2) definition and assessment of continued Federal participation in [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2) including, but not limited to, issues of technology research and development, civilian and defense industrial base objectives and initiatives, and commercialization. The report shall include a summary of the most recent plans, milestones, and cost estimates for [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2), including any changes and alterations, and shall comment on [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2)’s accomplishments and shortfalls in the preceding fiscal year;
  - (3) coordination of inter-agency participation, including all matters pertaining to Federal funding and decisionmaking, and other issues regarding Federal participation in [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2); and
  - (4) any other issues and questions the [Council](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-1) deems appropriate shall be considered.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5422, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1468; Pub. L. 102–245, title I, § 103(e), Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title II, § 263(g), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1610.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and not as part of part F of title II of division A of Pub. L. 100–180 which comprises this subchapter.

### Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–160 substituted “Semiconductor Technology Council” for “Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech” in section catchline and subsec. (a).

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–245 substituted “Technology” for “Economic Affairs”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Oct. 9, 2004.