---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 7461"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "7461"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/7461"
units:
  - "Chapter 100A — Cybersecurity Enhancement"
  - "Subchapter IV — Advancement of Cybersecurity Technical Standards"
---

# §7461. Definitions


In this subchapter:

- (1) **Director—** The term “Director” means the Director of the National [Institute](#2) of Standards and Technology.
- (2) **Institute—** The term “Institute” means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–274, title V, § 501, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2986.)