---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 5204"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "5204"
heading: "National Institute of Standards and Technology"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/5204"
units:
  - "Chapter 78 — Superconductivity and Competitiveness"
---

# §5204. National Institute of Standards and Technology


In pursuance of the goals of this chapter, the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall promote fundamental research and materials standards to accelerate the use and application of the new superconducting materials, and shall utilize the Superconductivity Center Focusing on Electronic Applications at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–697, § 5, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4615.)