Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 75 — National Trade Data Bank
§ 4907. Operation of Data Bank
Statutory text
The Secretary shall manage the Data Bank to provide the most appropriate data retrieval system or systems possible. Such system or systems shall—
be designed to utilize data processing and retrieval technology in monitoring, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating the data and information contained in the Data Bank;
use the most effective and meaningful means of organizing and making such information available to—
United States Government policymakers;
United States business firms;
United States workers;
United States industry associations;
United States agricultural interests;
State and local economic development agencies; and
other interested United States persons who could benefit from such information;
be of such quality and timeliness and in such form as to assist coordinated trade strategies for the United States; and
facilitate dissemination of information through nonprofit organizations with significant outreach programs which complement the regional outreach programs of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5407 · 102 Stat. 1107
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4907
(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5407, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1466.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5407, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1466.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5407. OPERATION OF THE DATA BANK. The Secretary shall manage the Data Bank to provide the most appropriate data retrieval system or systems possible. Such system or systems shall— (1) be designed to utilize data processing and retrieval technology in monitoring, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating the data and information contained in the Data Bank; (2) use the most effective and meaningful means of organizing and making such information available to— (A) United States Government policymakers; (B) United States business firms; (C) United States workers; (D) United States industry associations; (E) United States agricultural interests; (F) State and local economic development agencies; and (G) other interested United States persons who could benefit from such information; (3) be of such quality and timeliness and in such form as to assist coordinated trade strategies for the United States; and (4) facilitate dissemination of information through nonprofit organizations with significant outreach programs which complement the regional outreach programs of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
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