15 USC Ch. 40: Front Matter
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 40-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CHAPTER 40-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec.
1501.
Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal.
1502, 1503. Omitted.
1503a.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
1503b.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation.
1504.
Repealed.
1505.
Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries.
1506.
Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505.
1507.
Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties.
1507a.
Repealed.
1507b.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties.
1507c.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation.
1508.
General Counsel.
1509.
Designation of officer to sign routine papers.
1510.
Clerical assistants.
1511.
Bureaus in Department.
1511a.
Repealed.
1511b.
United States fishery trade officers.
(a)
Appointment.
(b)
Assignment.
(c)
Functions of fishery trade officers.
(d)
Administration.
1511c.
Estuarine Programs Office.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Functions.
(c)
Authorization.
1511d.
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Functions.
(c)
Budget line item.
(d)
Omitted.
(e)
Chesapeake Executive Council.
1511e.
Office of Space Commercialization.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Director.
(c)
Functions of Office; duties of Director.
1512.
Powers and duties of Department.
1513.
Duties and powers vested in Department.
1514.
Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department.
1515.
Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce.
1516.
Statistical information.
1516a.
Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent.
1517.
Transfer of statistical or scientific work.
1518.
Custody of buildings; officers transferred.
1519.
Annual and special reports.
1519a, 1520. Repealed.
1521.
Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement.
1522.
Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements.
1523.
Tax status of gifts and bequests of property.
1524.
Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest.
1525.
Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical information; transcripts or copies; cost payments for special work; joint projects: cost apportionment, waiver.
1526.
Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropriations or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts.
1527.
Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected.
1527a.
Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund.
1528.
Transferred.
1529.
Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands.
1530.
Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
1531.
Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration.
1532.
Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary.
1533.
Commerce, Science, and Technology Fellowship Program.
1534.
Assessment of fees for access to environmental data.
(a)
Basis of assessment.
(b)
Eligible recipients; waiver of fees in cases of foreign governments and international organizations.
(c)
Publication of fee schedules in Federal Register; initial schedule effective for three-year period.
(d)
Effective date of assessments; progressive increments.
(e)
Data archive center operations; availability of fees for expenses of centers.
(f)
Report to Congressional committees.
(g)
Other assessment authorities unaffected.
1535.
Office of Space Commerce; report of activities.
1536.
Prohibition against fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.
1537.
Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution.
1538.
Notice of reprogramming.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Notice of reorganization.
1539.
Financial assistance.
(a)
Processing of applications.
(b)
Notification of applicant.
(c)
Exemption.
(d)
"Nondiscretionary assistance program" defined.
1540.
Cooperative agreements.
1541.
Administrative Law Judges.