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Source:
Public Law 90-396, July 11, 1968, The Standard Reference Data Act
Purpose: To provide for the
collection, compilation, critical evaluation, publication and sale of standard
reference data
Excerpt:
Section 6 – …the Secretary may
secure copyright and renewal thereof on behalf of the United States as author or
proprietor in all or any part of any standard reference data
which he prepares or makes available under this Act, and may authorize the
reproduction and publication thereof by others.
Public
Law 90-396 in its entirety.