---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3334s"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3334s"
heading: "Programs for next-generation microelectronics in support of artificial intelligence"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3334s"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Miscellaneous Intelligence Community Authorities"
  - "Subchapter II — Personnel and Administrative Authorities"
---

# §3334s. Programs for next-generation microelectronics in support of artificial intelligence

- (a) **Program establishment—** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, shall establish or otherwise oversee a program to advance microelectronics research.
- (b) **Research focus—** The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the research carried out under the program established under [subsection (a)](#a) is focused on the following:
  - (1) Advanced engineering and applied research into next-generation computing models, materials, devices, architectures, and algorithms to enable the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  - (2) Efforts to—
    - (A) overcome challenges with engineering and applied research of microelectronics, including with respect to the physical limits on transistors, electrical interconnects, and memory elements;[^1]
    - (B) promote long-term advancements in computing technologies, including by fostering a unified and multidisciplinary approach encompassing research and development into—
      - (i) next-generation algorithm design;
      - (ii) next-generation compute capability;
      - (iii) generative and adaptive artificial intelligence for design applications;
      - (iv) photonics-based microprocessors, including electrophotonics;
      - (v) the chemistry and physics of new materials;
      - (vi) optical communication networks, including electrophotonics; and
      - (vii) safety and controls for generative artificial intelligence applications for the intelligence community.
  - (3) Any other activity the Director determines would promote the development of microelectronics research for future technologies, including optical communications or quantum technologies.
- (c) **Consideration, consultation, and collaboration—** In carrying out the program established under [subsection (a)](#a), the Director of National Intelligence shall—
  - (1) consider the national strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(A)(i) of [section 4656 of title 15](/usc/15/4656.md);
  - (2) consult with the Secretary of Commerce; and
  - (3) actively collaborate with relevant Government agencies and programs, including the programs established under subsection[^2] (c), (d), (e), and (f) of such [section 4656 of title 15](/usc/15/4656.md), academic institutions, and private industry to leverage expertise and resources in conducting research.
- (d) **Authorization of appropriations—** Amounts authorized to be appropriated for the National Intelligence Program of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence may be made available to carry out the program established under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be followed by “and”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be “subsections”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title V, § 7507, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1089; Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6801(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1653.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (e) which related to briefing requirements of the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of “intelligence community” and “congressional intelligence committees” as used in this section, see section 7002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.