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[CITE: 15USC290]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
               CHAPTER 7A--STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM
 
Sec. 290. Congressional declaration of policy

    The Congress hereby finds and declares that reliable standardized 
scientific and technical reference data are of vital importance to the 
progress of the Nation's science and technology. It is therefore the 
policy of the Congress to make critically evaluated reference data 
readily available to scientists, engineers, and the general public. It 
is the purpose of this chapter to strengthen and enhance this policy.

(Pub. L. 90-396, Sec. 1, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 339.)


                               Short Title

    Section 8 of Pub. L. 90-396 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
chapter] may be cited as the `Standard Reference Data Act'.''
