Title 15, Chapter 40
Commerce and Trade — 63 sections
- § 1501 Section 1501 - Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal
- § 1503 Section 1503 - Omitted
- § 1503a Section 1503a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
- § 1503b Section 1503b - Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
- § 1504 Section 1504 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97–195 , § 1(c)(1), June 16, 1982 , 96 Stat. 115
- § 1505 Section 1505 - Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries
- § 1506 Section 1506 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505
- § 1507 Section 1507 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties
- § 1507a Section 1507a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97–31 , § 12(5), Aug. 6, 1981 , 95 Stat. 154
- § 1507b Section 1507b - Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties
- § 1507c Section 1507c - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
- § 1508 Section 1508 - General Counsel
- § 1509 Section 1509 - Designation of officer to sign routine papers
- § 1510 Section 1510 - Clerical assistants
- § 1511 Section 1511 - Bureaus in Department
- § 1511a Section 1511a - Repealed. Pub. L. 95–219 , § 3(a)(2), Dec. 28, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1613
- § 1511b Section 1511b - United States fishery trade officers
- § 1511c Section 1511c - Estuarine Programs Office
- § 1511d Section 1511d - Chesapeake Bay Office
- § 1511e Section 1511e - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314 , § 6, Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
- § 1512 Section 1512 - Powers and duties of Department
- § 1513 Section 1513 - Duties and powers vested in Department
- § 1513a Section 1513a - Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in Department budget justification
- § 1513b Section 1513b - Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget justification
- § 1514 Section 1514 - Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department
- § 1515 Section 1515 - Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce
- § 1516 Section 1516 - Statistical information
- § 1516a Section 1516a - Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent
- § 1517 Section 1517 - Transfer of statistical or scientific work
- § 1518 Section 1518 - Custody of buildings; officers transferred
- § 1519 Section 1519 - Annual and special reports
- § 1519a Section 1519a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97–449 , § 7(b), Jan. 12, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2443
- § 1520 Section 1520 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91–412 , § 3(d), Sept. 25, 1970 , 84 Stat. 864
- § 1521 Section 1521 - Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement
- § 1521a Section 1521a - Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
- § 1522 Section 1522 - Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements
- § 1523 Section 1523 - Tax status of gifts and bequests of property
- § 1524 Section 1524 - Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest
- § 1525 Section 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 Section 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 Section 1527 - Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected
- § 1527a Section 1527a - Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund
- § 1528 Section 1528 - Transferred
- § 1529 Section 1529 - Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands
- § 1530 Section 1530 - Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- § 1531 Section 1531 - Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration
- § 1532 Section 1532 - Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary
- § 1533 Section 1533 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–358, title IV , § 407(c), Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4004
- § 1534 Section 1534 - Assessment of fees for access to environmental data
- § 1535 Section 1535 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314 , § 6, Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
- § 1536 Section 1536 - Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
- § 1537 Section 1537 - Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution
- § 1538 Section 1538 - Notice of reprogramming
- § 1539 Section 1539 - Financial assistance
- § 1540 Section 1540 - Cooperative agreements
- § 1541 Section 1541 - Administrative Law Judges
- § 1542 Section 1542 - Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program
- § 1543 Section 1543 - Task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth
- § 1544 Section 1544 - Promotion of tourist travel
- § 1545 Section 1545 - Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information
- § 1546 Section 1546 - Advisory committee for promotion of tourist travel; expenses
- § 1547 Section 1547 - Rules and regulations; employees
- § 1548 Section 1548 - Authorization of appropriations