U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 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
1
 So in original.
and
(B)
that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 290b of this title.
(2)
Secretary
(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