{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s290a","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f290a.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f290a.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of this chapter:\n(1)\nStandard reference data\nThe term \u201cstandard reference data\u201d means data that is\u2014\n(A) either\u2014\n(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;\n(ii) measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;\n(iii) engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or\n(iv) 1 or more digital data objects that serve\u2014\n(I) to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or\n(II) to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph (A) through (C);\n1\n1 So in original.\n(B) that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under\nsection 290b of this title\n(2)\nSecretary\nThe term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Commerce.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s290a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f290a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Standard reference data"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cstandard reference data\u201d means data that is\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" either\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" quantitative information related to a measurable physical, or chemical, or biological property of a substance or system of substances of known composition and structure;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/iv","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iv)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" 1 or more digital data objects that serve\u2014"},{"t":"subclause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/iv/I","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(I)"},{"t":"content","text":" to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subclause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/A/iv/II","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(II)"},{"t":"content","text":" to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph (A) through (C);\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original.","tail":" and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 290b of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s290b","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s290a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Secretary"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Commerce.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}