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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1361"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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section: "1361"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1361"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1361 - Reference services to assist designated agencies to obtain information outside State

## Text

The Secretary is authorized and directed to aid designated agencies in carrying out their technical services programs by providing reference services which a designated agency may use to obtain scientific, technical, and engineering information from sources outside the State or States which it serves, for the purposes of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 89–182, § 11, Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 683.)