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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 7A— STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM · § 290a

§ 290a. Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter:
(1)Standard reference data The term “standard reference data” means data that is—
(A)either—
(i)quantitative information related to a measurable physical, or chemical, or biological property of a substance or system of substances of known composition and structure;
(ii)measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;
(iii)engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or
(iv)1 or more digital data objects that serve—
(I)to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or
(II)to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph
(A)through (C); 1 and
(B)that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 290b of this title.
(2)Secretary The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.
(Pub. L. 90–396, § 2, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 108, Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2987.)
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