Chapter 40 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Section 1501 - Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal
Section 1502, 1503 - Omitted
Section 1503a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
Section 1503b - Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
Section 1504 - Repealed
Section 1505 - Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries
Section 1506 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505
Section 1507 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties
Section 1507a - Repealed
Section 1507b - Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties
Section 1507c - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
Section 1508 - General Counsel
Section 1509 - Designation of officer to sign routine papers
Section 1510 - Clerical assistants
Section 1511 - Bureaus in Department
Section 1511a - Repealed
Section 1511b - United States fishery trade officers
Section 1511c - Estuarine Programs Office
Section 1511d - Chesapeake Bay Office
Section 1511e - Repealed
Section 1512 - Powers and duties of Department
Section 1513 - Duties and powers vested in Department
Section 1513a - Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in Department budget justification
Section 1513b - Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget justification
Section 1514 - Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department
Section 1515 - Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce
Section 1516 - Statistical information
Section 1516a - Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent
Section 1517 - Transfer of statistical or scientific work
Section 1518 - Custody of buildings; officers transferred
Section 1519 - Annual and special reports
Section 1519a - Repealed
Section 1520 - Repealed
Section 1521 - Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement
Section 1521a - Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
Section 1522 - Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements
Section 1523 - Tax status of gifts and bequests of property
Section 1524 - Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest
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
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
Section 1527 - Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected
Section 1527a - Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund
Section 1528 - Transferred
Section 1529 - Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands
Section 1530 - Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Section 1531 - Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration
Section 1532 - Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary
Section 1533 - Repealed
Section 1534 - Assessment of fees for access to environmental data
Section 1535 - Repealed
Section 1536 - Prohibition against fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels
Section 1537 - Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution
Section 1538 - Notice of reprogramming
Section 1539 - Financial assistance
Section 1540 - Cooperative agreements
Section 1541 - Administrative Law Judges
Section 1542 - Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program
Section 1543 - Task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth
Section 1544 - Promotion of tourist travel
Section 1545 - Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information
Section 1546 - United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board
Section 1547 - Rules and regulations; employees
Section 1548 - Authorization of appropriations