15 USC § 272b - Annual budget submission

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title: "15 USC § 272b - Annual budget submission"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "272b"
section_name: "Annual budget submission"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–519, title I, § 111, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2592.)"
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# § 272b. Annual budget submission

The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall annually submit to the Congress, at the time of the release of the President’s budget, a three year budget estimate for the Institute, including funding estimates for each major account and new initiative.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–519, title I, § 111, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2592.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989, and not as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.