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[CITE: 15USC290b]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
               CHAPTER 7A--STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM
 
Sec. 290b. Collection, compilation, critical evaluation, 
        publication and dissemination of standard reference data
        
    The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide or arrange for 
the collection, compilation, critical evaluation, publication, and 
dissemination of standard reference data. In carrying out this program, 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, utilize the 
reference data services and facilities of other agencies and 
instrumentalities of the Federal Government and of State and local 
governments, persons, firms, institutions, and associations, with their 
consent and in such a manner as to avoid duplication of those services 
and facilities. All agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal 
Government are encouraged to exercise their duties and functions in such 
manner as will assist in carrying out the purpose of this chapter. This 
section shall be deemed complementary to existing authority, and nothing 
herein is intended to repeal, supersede, or diminish existing authority 
or responsibility of any agency or instrumentality of the Federal 
Government.

(Pub. L. 90-396, Sec. 3, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 290a of this title.
