15 U.S.C. § 290A
Section 290a · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the July 11, 1968 version.
Current — January 6, 2017
As of July 11, 1968
For the purposes of this chapter—
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.