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15 U.S.C. 176: Collection of commercial statisticsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 5-STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
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§176. Collection of commercial statistics

A purpose of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is the collection, arrangement, and classification of such statistical information as may be procured, showing, or tending to show, each year the condition of the manufactures, domestic trade, currency, and banks of the several States and Territories.

(R.S. § 335; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 , 19 Stat. 241 ; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1 , 37 Stat. 407 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 335 derived from Res. June 15, 1844, No. 16, 5 Stat. 719.

Amendments

1877⁠—Act Feb. 27, 1877, struck out “agriculture” before “manufactures”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Act Aug. 23, 1912, transferred certain duties of Department or Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.