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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1152. Clearinghouse for technical information; removal of security classification
The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the
"Secretary") is directed to establish and maintain within the
Department of Commerce a clearinghouse for the collection and
dissemination of scientific, technical, and engineering
information, and to this end to take such steps as he may deem
necessary and desirable -
(a) To search for, collect, classify, coordinate, integrate,
record, and catalog such information from whatever sources, foreign
and domestic, that may be available;
(b) To make such information available to industry and business,
to State and local governments, to other agencies of the Federal
Government, and to the general public, through the preparation of
abstracts, digests, translations, bibliographies, indexes, and
microfilm and other reproductions, for distribution either directly
or by utilization of business, trade, technical, and scientific
publications and services;
(c) To effect, within the limits of his authority as now or
hereafter defined by law, and with the consent of competent
authority, the removal of restrictions on the dissemination of
scientific and technical data in cases where consideration of
national security permit the release of such data for the benefit
of industry and business.
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