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[CITE: 15USC1151]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
   CHAPTER 23--DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING 
                               INFORMATION
 
Sec. 1151. Purpose of chapter

    The purpose of this chapter is to make the results of technological 
research and development more readily available to industry and 
business, and to the general public, by clarifying and defining the 
functions and responsibilities of the Department of Commerce as a 
central clearinghouse for technical information which is useful to 
American industry and business.

(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 823.)
