---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 290d"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "290d"
heading: "Sale of standard reference data; cost recovery; proceeds subject to National Institute of Standards and Technology"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/290d"
units:
  - "Chapter 7A — Standard Reference Data Program"
---

# §290d. Sale of standard reference data; cost recovery; proceeds subject to National Institute of Standards and Technology


[Standard reference data](/usc/15/290a.md?p=1) conforming to standards established by the [Secretary](/usc/15/290a.md?p=2) may be made available and sold by the [Secretary](/usc/15/290a.md?p=2) or by a [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) or agency designated by him. To the extent practicable and appropriate, the prices established for such data may reflect the cost of collection, compilation, evaluation, publication, and dissemination of the data, including administrative expenses; and the amounts received shall be subject to the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended [[15 U.S.C. 271](/usc/15/271.md) et seq.].


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–396, § 5, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of March 3, 1901, as amended, referred to in text, means act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, 31 Stat. 1449, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 271 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.