America COMPETES Bill Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SEMI praised
Congressional leaders for passing the America COMPETES act, and commends
President Bush for signing this bill into law.
The America COMPETES Act focuses on research and development,
education, energy independence and small business. The law is designed to
increase critical research funding for the National Science Foundation and
the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Provisions include
authorization of $43.3 billion over fiscal years 2008-2010 for science,
technology, engineering and mathematics research and education programs
across the federal government.
As the voice of the semiconductor manufacturing technology industry,
SEMI has long called for improvements in U.S. Government support of basic
research and technical innovation. In response to this issue, the
association recently launched its "Secure the Future" campaign to promote
legislation that encourages innovation and advanced manufacturing in the
U.S.
"SEMI is deeply involved in policy initiatives targeted at
strengthening the American workforce, increasing competitiveness and
innovation, and providing incentives to companies developing enabling
technologies," said Victoria Hadfield, president of SEMI North America.
"We thank the Senate and the House for their leadership, and the
President, for his commitment to advancing domestic innovation policy,"
said Hadfield. "This has been a significant bipartisan effort, and we look
forward to addressing the remaining key priorities-including immigration
reform and the R&D tax credit, which encourages greater private-sector
initiatives in technology."
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit:
http://www.semi.org.
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