---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8533"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "8533"
heading: "Unnecessary duplication"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/8533"
units:
  - "Chapter 111 — Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation"
  - "Subchapter II — Weather Satellite and Data Innovation"
---

# §8533. Unnecessary duplication


In meeting the requirements under this subchapter, the [Under Secretary](/usc/15/8501.md?p=4) shall avoid unnecessary duplication between public and private sources of data and the corresponding expenditure of funds and employment of personnel.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–25, title III, § 303, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 105.)