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15 U.S.C. § 329 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 329. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 85–469, title I, § 101, June 25, 1958, 72 Stat. 234; Pub. L. 86–88, title I, § 101, July 13, 1959, 73 Stat. 207, which prescribed the maximum base rate of pay for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, was from an appropriation act and was omitted in view of section 327 of this title which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish the rates of compensation for such personnel. Provisions of this section were repeated in Pub. L. 86–451, title I, § 101, May 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 99.
15 U.S.C. § 330a (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 330a. Report requirement; form; information; time of submission
No person may engage, or attempt to engage, in any weather modification activity in the United States unless he submits to the Secretary such reports with respect thereto, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may by rule prescribe. The Secretary may require that such reports be submitted to him before, during, and after any such activity or attempt.
(Pub. L. 92–205, § 2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 736.)
15 U.S.C. § 330b (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 330b. Duties of Secretary
(a) Records, maintenance; summaries, publication
The Secretary shall maintain a record of weather modification activities, including attempts, which take place in the United States and shall publish summaries thereof from time to time as he determines.
(b) Public availability of reports, documents, and other information
All reports, documents, and other information received by the Secretary under the provisions of this chapter shall be made available to the public to the fullest practicable extent.
(c) Disclosure of confidential information; prohibition; exceptions
In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary shall not disclose any information referred to in section 1905 of title 18 and is otherwise unavailable to the public, except that such information shall be disclosed—
(1) to other Federal Government departments, agencies, and officials for official use upon request;
(2) in any judicial proceeding under court order formulated to preserve the confidentiality of such information without impairing the proceeding; and
(3) to the public if necessary to protect their health and safety.
(Pub. L. 92–205, § 3, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 736.)
15 U.S.C. § 330c (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 330c. Authority of Secretary
(a) Information; reports and records; inspection; availability of data from any Federal agency as limitation of authority
The Secretary may obtain from any person whose activities relate to weather modification by rule, subpena, or otherwise such information in the form of testimony, books, records, or other writings, may require the keeping and furnishing of such reports and records, and may make such inspection of the books, records, and other writings and premises and property of any person as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by him to carry out the provisions of this chapter, but this authority shall not be exercised to obtain any information with respect to which adequate and authoritative data are available from any Federal agency.
(b) Noncompliance; application of Attorney General; jurisdiction; orders; contempts
In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to this section, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney General, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
(Pub. L. 92–205, § 4, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 736.)
15 U.S.C. § 330d (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 330d. Violation; penalty
Any person who knowingly and willfully violates section 330a of this title, or any rule issued thereunder, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $10,000.
(Pub. L. 92–205, § 5, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 736.)
15 U.S.C. § 330e (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 330e. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $200,000 each for the fiscal years 1973 through 1980, $100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, $100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92–205, § 6, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 93–436, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212; Pub. L. 94–490, § 6(b), Oct. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 2362; Pub. L. 96–547, § 2, Dec. 18, 1980, 94 Stat. 3217; Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6081, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 135.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1986—Pub. L. 99–272 authorized appropriation of $100,000 for fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, 1987, and 1988.
1980—Pub. L. 96–547 amended Pub. L. 96–547, thereby inserting provisions setting forth authorization of appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981.
1976—Pub. L. 94–490 authorized appropriation of $200,000 for each of fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980.
1974—Pub. L. 93–436 extended authorization of appropriation of $200,000 for each of fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, 1976, and 1977.
15 U.S.C. § 382 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 382. Assessment of net income taxes
(a) Limitations
No State, or political subdivision thereof, shall have power to assess, after September 14, 1959, any net income tax which was imposed by such State or political subdivision, as the case may be, for any taxable year ending on or before such date, on the income derived within such State by any person from interstate commerce, if the imposition of such tax for a taxable year ending after such date is prohibited by section 381 of this title.
(b) Collections
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be construed—
(1) to invalidate the collection, on or before September 14, 1959, of any net income tax imposed for a taxable year ending on or before such date, or
(2) to prohibit the collection, after September 14, 1959, of any net income tax which was assessed on or before such date for a taxable year ending on or before such date.
(Pub. L. 86–272, title I, § 102, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 556.)
15 U.S.C. § 384 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 384. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
(Pub. L. 86–272, title I, § 104, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 556.)
15 U.S.C. § 391 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 391. Tax on or with respect to generation or transmission of electricity
No State, or political subdivision thereof, may impose or assess a tax on or with respect to the generation or transmission of electricity which discriminates against out-of-State manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, retailers, or consumers of that electricity. For purposes of this section a tax is discriminatory if it results, either directly or indirectly, in a greater tax burden on electricity which is generated and transmitted in interstate commerce than on electricity which is generated and transmitted in intrastate commerce.
(Pub. L. 86–272, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 94–455, title XXI, § 2121(a), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1914.)
heading: Effective Date
text: Pub. L. 94–455, title XXI, § 2121(b), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1914, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect beginning June 30, 1974.”
15 U.S.C. § 401 to 411 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§§ 401 to 411. Repealed. Pub. L. 86–613, § 19, formerly § 18, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 381; renumbered Pub. L. 91–113, § 4(a), Nov. 6, 1969, 83 Stat. 189
text: Sections 401 to 411, act Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 489, §§ 1–10, 12, 44 Stat. 1406–1410, prohibited misbranded shipments of dangerous caustic or corrosive substances in interstate or foreign commerce. See chapter 30 [§ 1261 et seq.] of this title.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal; Savings Provision
text: Pub. L. 86–613, § 19, formerly § 18, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 381, renumbered and amended by Pub. L. 91–113, § 4(a), (b)(2), Nov. 6, 1969, 83 Stat. 189, 190; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 204(b)(4)(B), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3041, provided that: “The Federal Caustic Poison Act [sections 401 to 411 of this title] (44 Stat. 1406) is repealed effective at the close of the sixth calendar month after the month of enactment of this Act [July 12, 1960], except that the Federal Caustic Poison Act shall remain in full force and effect with respect to any ‘dangerous caustic or corrosive substance’ (as defined by that Act) which is an article subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [chapter 9 of title 21] and which is, by virtue of paragraph 2 of section 2(f) of this Act [section 1261(f)(2) of this title] excluded from the term ‘hazardous substance’ as defined in this Act [chapter 30 of this title]: Provided, That, if the Commission, pursuant to section 17(b) of this Act [set out as a note under section 1261 of this title], prescribes an additional period or periods during which violations of this Act [chapter 30 of this title] shall not be enforceable and if such additional period or periods are applicable to violations of this Act [chapter 30 of this title] involving one or more substances defined as ‘dangerous caustic or corrosive substances’ by the Federal Caustic Poison Act, that Act shall, with respect to such substance or substances, remain in full force and effect during such additional period or periods; Provided further, That, with respect to violations, liabilities incurred or appeals taken prior to the close of said sixth month or, if applicable, prior to the expiration of the additional period or periods referred to in the preceding proviso, all provisions of the Federal Caustic Poison Act shall be deemed to remain in full force for the purpose of sustaining any proper suit, action, or other proceeding with respect to any such violations, liabilities, and appeals.”
15 U.S.C. § 432 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 432. Boards of trade dealing in agricultural products; exclusion of representatives of cooperative associations prohibited
No board of trade whose members are engaged in the business of buying or selling agricultural products or receiving the same for sale on consignment in interstate commerce shall exclude from membership in, and all privileges on, such board of trade, any duly authorized representative of any lawfully formed and conducted cooperative association, corporate or otherwise, composed substantially of producers of agricultural products, or any such representative of any organization acting for a group of such associations, if such association or organization has adequate financial responsibility and complies or agrees to comply with such terms and conditions as are or may be imposed lawfully on other members of such board: Provided, That no rule of a board of trade shall forbid or be construed to forbid the return on a patronage basis by such cooperative association or organization to its bona fide members of moneys collected in excess of the expense of conducting the business of such association.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 508, § 2, 44 Stat. 1424.)
15 U.S.C. § 433 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 433. Remedies of cooperative association excluded from representation
Any such cooperative association or any such organization whose duly authorized representative is excluded from such membership and privileges by any board of trade referred to in section 432 of this title may sue in the United States District Court in whose jurisdiction such board of trade is operated or maintained for a mandatory injunction compelling such board of trade to admit such duly authorized representative to such membership and privileges and for any damages sustained, and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue such an injunction and to award such incidental damages as it may deem appropriate.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 508, § 3, 44 Stat. 1424.)
15 U.S.C. § 501 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 501. Creation of body corporate; directors; principal office; agencies
The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and three directors first appointed as provided in section 502 of this title and their successors, are created a body corporate of the District of Columbia by the name of the “Textile Foundation” (in this chapter referred to as the corporation). The incorporation shall be held effected upon the date of the first meeting of the board of directors. The corporation shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia and may establish such agencies or branch offices at such places as it deems advisable.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 440, § 1, 46 Stat. 539.)
15 U.S.C. § 502 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 502. Board of directors of Textile Foundation
(a) Composition
The board of directors of the corporation (in this chapter referred to as the board) shall be constituted as follows:
(1) The Secretary of Commerce;
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture; and
(3) Three individuals, familiar with the textile industry or its allied branches, including that of production of raw materials, and their successors, to be appointed by the President, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and one for a term of four years, from the date the incorporation is effected.
(b) Term of successor; vacancies
Each successor shall be appointed for a term of four years from the date of the expiration of the term of the member whom he succeeds, except that any successor appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he succeeds. A vacancy in the office of a director shall not impair the power of the remaining directors to execute the functions of the board. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
(c) Compensation; reimbursement for expenses
The members of the board shall serve without compensation for their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed from the corporation for actual expenses incurred by them while in the performance of the functions vested in the board by this chapter.
(d) Prohibitions against holding two or more offices inapplicable
Any officer or employee of the United States, or of any corporation acting as a governmental agent of the United States, may, in addition to his present office, hold the office of director of the Textile Foundation without regard to any provision of law prohibiting the holding of more than one office.
(e) Election of chairman
The board at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter shall elect a chairman.
(f) Board to direct corporation
The board shall direct the exercise of all the powers of the corporation.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 440, § 2, 46 Stat. 539.)
15 U.S.C. § 503 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 503. Purpose of Foundation
(a) Scientific and economic research
The purposes of the corporation shall be to administer and expend its funds and other property for scientific and economic research for the benefit and development of the textile industry, its allied branches, and including that of production of raw materials.
(b) Payment by Textile Alliance, Incorporated
The Textile Alliance, Incorporated, is authorized to pay to the corporation the amounts payable in accordance with the arrangement between the Textile Alliance, Incorporated, and the Department of State, in lieu of paying such amounts into the United States Treasury; except that any amounts payable in accordance with such arrangement, and paid into the United States Treasury before June 10, 1930, are authorized to be appropriated to the credit of the corporation. Upon the receipt by the corporation of such amounts the liability of the Textile Alliance, Incorporated, under such arrangement shall be extinguished.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 440, § 3, 46 Stat. 539.)
15 U.S.C. § 504 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 504. Powers of Foundation
The corporation—
(a) Shall have perpetual succession;
(b) May sue and be sued;
(c) May adopt a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure;
(d) May adopt and alter bylaws;
(e) May appoint officers and agents;
(f) May acquire by purchase, devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, and hold, encumber, convey, or otherwise dispose of, such real and personal property as may be necessary or appropriate for its corporate purposes;
(g) May invest and reinvest the principal and interest of its funds; and
(h) Generally, may do any and all lawful acts necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes for which the corporation is created.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 440, § 4, 46 Stat. 540.)
15 U.S.C. § 505 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 505. Report to Congress
The corporation shall, on or before the 1st day of December in each year, transmit to Congress and to the President a report of its proceedings and activities for the preceding calendar year, including a detailed statement of its receipts and expenditures. Such reports shall not be printed as public documents.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 440, § 5, 46 Stat. 540.)
15 U.S.C. § 521 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 521. Fishing industry; associations authorized; “aquatic products” defined; marketing agencies; requirements
Persons engaged in the fishery industry, as fishermen, catching, collecting, or cultivating aquatic products, or as planters of aquatic products on public or private beds, may act together in associations, corporate or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in collectively catching, producing, preparing for market, processing, handling, and marketing in interstate and foreign commerce, such products of said persons so engaged.
The term “aquatic products” includes all commercial products of aquatic life in both fresh and salt water, as carried on in the several States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories of the United States, the insular possessions, or other places under the jurisdiction of the United States.
Such associations may have marketing agencies in common, and such associations and their members may make the necessary contracts and agreements to effect such purposes: Provided, however, That such associations are operated for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and conform to one or both of the following requirements:
First. That no member of the association is allowed more than one vote because of the amount of stock or membership capital he may own therein; or
Second. That the association does not pay dividends on stock or membership capital in excess of 8 per centum per annum.
and in any case to the following:
Third. That the association shall not deal in the products of nonmembers to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by it for members.
(June 25, 1934, ch. 742, § 1, 48 Stat. 1213.)
15 U.S.C. § 616a (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 616a. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section 616a, acts Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 500; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, 49 Stat. 1987, which related to the shipment of exports financed by the Government in United States vessels, was transferred to section 1241–1 of Title 46, Appendix, Shipping, and was subsequently repealed and restated as section 55304 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 8(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1586, 1710.
15 U.S.C. § 617 to 619 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§§ 617 to 619. Repealed or Omitted
text: Section 617, act Jan. 22, 1932, ch. 8, § 17, 47 Stat. 12, was omitted by act June 30, 1947, ch. 166, title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 202, which generally amended the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, act Jan. 22, 1932, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5.
text: Section 618, act June 30, 1947, ch. 166, title II, § 208, 61 Stat. 209, related to purchase and sale of surplus property, and was repealed by act of May 25, 1948, ch. 334, § 7, 62 Stat. 265.
text: Section 619, act July 29, 1947, ch. 346, title II, § 201, 61 Stat. 515, related to limitations on use of funds of the Corporation, which Corporation was abolished by section 6 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1957, eff. June 30, 1957, 22 FR 4633, 71 Stat. 647. Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1957 is set out preceding section 601 of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 631a (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 631a. Congressional declaration of small business economic policy
(a) Foster small business
For the purpose of preserving and promoting a competitive free enterprise economic system, Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practical means and to take such actions as are necessary, consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, to implement and coordinate all Federal department, agency, and instrumentality policies, programs, and activities in order to: foster the economic interests of small businesses; insure a competitive economic climate conducive to the development, growth and expansion of small businesses; establish incentives to assure that adequate capital and other resources at competitive prices are available to small businesses; reduce the concentration of economic resources and expand competition; and provide an opportunity for entrepreneurship, inventiveness, and the creation and growth of small businesses.
(b) Capital availability to small business
Congress further declares that the Federal Government is committed to a policy of utilizing all reasonable means, consistent with the overall economic policy goals of the Nation and the preservation of the competitive free enterprise system of the Nation, to establish private sector incentives that will help assure that adequate capital at competitive prices is available to small businesses. To fulfill this policy, departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government shall use all reasonable means to coordinate, create, and sustain policies and programs which promote investment in small businesses, including those investments which expand employment opportunities and which foster the effective and efficient use of human and natural resources in the economy of the Nation.
(Pub. L. 96–302, title III, § 302, July 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 848.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 507 of Pub. L. 96–302, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 631 of this title.
heading: Short Title
text: For short title of title III of Pub. L. 96–302, as the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980, see Short Title of 1980 Amendments note set out under section 631 of this title.