15 USC § 2404 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s2404"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 2404 - Definitions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "2404"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND POLICY; DEFINITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–136, title I, § 104, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 735.)"
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# § 2404. Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter—

**(1)** the term “Center” means the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life;

**(2)** the term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Center;

**(3)** the terms “productivity growth” and “improved productivity” shall be interpreted to include, but not be limited to, improvements in technology, management techniques, and the quality of working life; and

**(4)** the term “quality of working life” shall be interpreted to mean the conditions of work relating to the role of the worker in the production process.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–136, title I, § 104, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 735.)