---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4903"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4903"
heading: "Functions of Committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4903"
units:
  - "Chapter 75 — National Trade Data Bank"
---

# §4903. Functions of Committee


The [Committee](/usc/15/4901.md?p=1) shall advise the [Secretary](/usc/15/4901.md?p=6) of Commerce, as appropriate, on the establishment, structure, contents, and operation of a National Trade [Data Bank](/usc/15/4901.md?p=2) in accordance with [section 4906 of this title](/usc/15/4906.md) in order to assure the timely collection of accurate data and to provide the private sector and government officials efficient access to economic and trade data collected by the Federal Government for purposes of policymaking and export promotion.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5403, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1464.)
