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# 51 U.S.C. § 40504 - Establishment of electronic data archive

## Text

The Administrator shall create and maintain a national electronic data archive for biomedical research data obtained from space-based experiments.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3389.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4050442 U.S.C. 2487e.Pub. L. 102–588, title VI, § 606, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5131.