15 USC 290a - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 20, 2024

§ 290a.

Definitions

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

 So in original.

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.)

cite as: 15 USC 290a