EVALUATED ENGINEERING DATA STUDY.

SEC. 108. EVALUATED ENGINEERING DATA STUDY.Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall conduct a study of needs within the private and public sectors for evaluated engineering data, and shall submit a report to the Congress making recommendations concerning the appropriate roles of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, other government agencies, professional societies, and trade associations in the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of such data. Such recommendations shall, among other things, address plans for the dissemination of the results of the study through data bases, and plans for incorporating high quality results from other countries.