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15 U.S.C. § 190 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 190. Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions
No part of the consular and other commercial reports of the Department of Commerce, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.
(Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 23 Stat. 324; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted “Department of Commerce” for “Department of Commerce and Labor”.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
15 U.S.C. § 191 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 191. Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports
All terms of measure, weight, and money in the diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports prepared, printed, published, and distributed by the Department of Commerce shall be reduced to and expressed in terms of measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms.
(Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. 813; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted “Department of Commerce” for “Department of Commerce and Labor”.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
15 U.S.C. § 192, 192a (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§§ 192, 192a. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–412, § 3(a), (b), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864
text: Section 192, acts Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 1, 40 Stat. 1256; May 27, 1935, ch. 148, § 2, 49 Stat. 293, which provided for deposit of moneys received for special statistical studies, compilations, and transcripts in a special account for payment of ordinary expenses incidental to the work and services of nongovernmental individuals and had originally provided for covering into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts moneys received in payment of photographic and other mechanical reproduction of special statistical compilations from the records, is now covered by section 1526 of this title.
text: Section 192a, acts May 27, 1935, ch. 148, § 3, 49 Stat. 293; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(4), 60 Stat. 866, required Secretary of Commerce to prescribe rules and regulations governing special statistical studies.
15 U.S.C. § 193 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 193. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–826, § 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
text: Section, act Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 2, 42 Stat. 1110, related to statements and reports for collectors of customs and Treasury Department. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective 180 days after Oct. 15, 1962, see section 4 of Pub. L. 87–826, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 13, Census.
heading: Savings Provision
text: See section 3 of Pub. L. 87–826, set out as a note under sections 173 and 174 of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 194, 195 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§§ 194, 195. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section 194, act Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 1, 42 Stat. 1109, which transferred to the Department of Commerce from the Department of the Treasury the control and expense of operation of the office known as the Bureau of Customs Statistics under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury, on Jan. 5, 1923, located in the customhouse, City of New York, State of New York, including all officers, clerks, and other employees of that bureau, official records, papers, mechanical and office equipment, furniture, and supplies in use on that date and which authorized the Secretary of Commerce to consolidate the Bureau of Customs Statistics with the Division of Statistics of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce into one office, located in either Washington or New York, or partly in either place, in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce, with the statistical bureau authorized to be located in New York under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Commerce to continue to occupy the premises in the New York customhouse which were on Jan. 5, 1923, occupied by the Bureau of Customs Statistics, and with additional space as needed to be assigned in the same building for its use by the Secretary of the Treasury upon request of the Secretary of Commerce, has been omitted as executed. Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, the Secretary has reassigned the functions of the Division of Statistics of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to other offices of the Department of Commerce.
Section 195, acts Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, 46 Stat. 198; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, 46 Stat. 1334, which provided for the payment of transportation expenses of employees, is covered by section 5701 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
15 U.S.C. § 196 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 196. Payments for rent of offices in foreign countries
Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 shall not apply to advance payments for rent of offices in foreign countries by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
(Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 556, § 1, 43 Stat. 1327.)
heading: Codification
text: “Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31” substituted in text for “section 3648 of the Revised Statutes” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section was formerly classified to section 531 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
Section is from the Second Deficiency Act for the fiscal year 1925.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Functions of all other officers of Department of Commerce and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Through internal reorganization, functions of former Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, referred to in text, have been reassigned to other offices of Department of Commerce.
15 U.S.C. § 197 to 197d (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§§ 197 to 197d. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039
text: Section 197, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 1, 44 Stat. 1394, related to establishment of Foreign Commerce Service.
text: Section 197a, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 2, 44 Stat. 1394, related to duties of officers.
text: Section 197b, acts Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 3, 44 Stat. 1394; Apr. 12, 1930, ch. 142, 46 Stat. 163, related to appointment of officers, assignments for duty, and allowances.
text: Section 197c, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 4, 44 Stat. 1395, related to employment of clerks and assistants.
text: Section 197d, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 5, 44 Stat. 1396, related to status of officer while serving abroad.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective three months from Aug. 13, 1946, see section 1141 of act Aug. 13, 1946.
15 U.S.C. § 197e (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 197e. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 6, 44 Stat. 1396, provided for travel and subsistence allowance to officers, employees, etc., of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce on duty abroad or away from duty post.
15 U.S.C. § 197f (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 197f. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 7, 44 Stat. 1396, related to availability of appropriation during fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and thereafter for the Department of Commerce for commercial attachés in Europe, South or Central America and elsewhere.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective three months from Aug. 13, 1946, see section 1141 of act Aug. 13, 1946.
15 U.S.C. § 198 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 198. Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 4, 54 Stat. 1111
text: Section, acts Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title III, 45 Stat. 1119; Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title III, 46 Stat. 198; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, title III, 46 Stat. 1334; July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title III, 47 Stat. 502; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title III, 47 Stat. 1393; Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title III, 48 Stat. 551; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, § 1, 49 Stat. 90; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, § 1, 49 Stat. 1336; June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title III, § 1, 50 Stat. 287; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title III, § 1, 52 Stat. 273; June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title III, 53 Stat. 909, related to purchases of supplies and equipment on the open market.
15 U.S.C. § 201 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 201. Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural colleges
The Secretary of Commerce is directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the governor of each State in the Union for the use of agricultural colleges in the States, respectively, which have received a grant of lands from the United States, and also one set of the same for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the cost of each set shall not exceed $200.
(Mar. 3, 1881, No. 26, 21 Stat. 521; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor, and renamed Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
heading: Appropriation
text: A sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section was appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated by act Mar. 3, 1881.
heading: Distribution to States
text: The Secretary of the Treasury was directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the governor of each state for the use of the states by Res. June 14, 1836, No. 7, 5 Stat. 133, which provision was not incorporated into the Revised Statutes.
15 U.S.C. § 202 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 202. Repairs to standards
Such necessary repairs and adjustments shall be made to the standards furnished to the several States and Territories as may be requested by the governors thereof, and also to standard weights and measures that have been or may be supplied to United States customhouses and other offices of the United States under Act of Congress, when requested by the Secretary of Commerce.
(July 11, 1890, ch. 667, § 1, 26 Stat. 242; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and renamed Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
15 U.S.C. § 203 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 203. Replacing lost standard weights and measures; cost
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to furnish precise copies of standard weights and measures, bearing the seal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and accompanied by a suitable certificate, to any State, Territory, or institution heretofore furnished with the same, upon application in writing by the governor in the case of a State or Territory, or by the official head in the case of an institution, setting forth that the copies of standards applied for are to replace similar ones heretofore furnished, in accordance with law, which have been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the applicant shall, before the said standards are delivered, first deposit with the Secretary of Commerce the amount of money necessary to defray all expenses incurred by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in furnishing the same, which amount shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts as soon as the weights or measures are delivered for transportation into the hands of such persons as are designated by the officers ordering the same.
(Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 383; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 1, 31 Stat. 1449; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards” in two places.
heading: Change of Name
text: Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and renamed Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
Act Mar. 3, 1901, provided that Office of Standard Weights and Measures should thereafter be known as National Bureau of Standards.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
15 U.S.C. § 204 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 204. Metric system authorized
It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.
(R.S. § 3569.)
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 3569 derived from act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 1, 14 Stat. 339.
heading: Study of Metric System by the Secretary of Commerce
text: Pub. L. 90–472, Aug. 9, 1968, 82 Stat. 693, authorized the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a program of investigation, research, and survey to determine the impact of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on the United States; to appraise the desirability and practicability of increasing the use of metric weights and measures in the United States; to study the feasibility of retaining and promoting by international use of dimensional and other engineering standards based on the customary measurement units of the United States; and to evaluate the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which might be feasible for the United States. The Secretary was directed to submit to the Congress such interim reports as he deemed desirable, and within three years after Aug. 9, 1968, a full and complete report of the findings made under the study, together with such recommendations as he considered to be appropriate and in the best interests of the United States. By its own terms, the Act expired thirty days after the submission of the final report.
15 U.S.C. § 205 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 205. Metric system defined
The metric system of measurement shall be defined as the International System of Units as established in 1960, and subsequently maintained, by the General Conference of Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce.
(R.S. § 3570; Pub. L. 110–69, title III, § 3013(c)(1), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 598.)
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 3570 derived from act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 2, 14 Stat. 339, 340.
heading: Amendments
text: 2007—Pub. L. 110–69 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The tables in the schedule annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts and in all legal proceedings as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures on June 22, 1874, in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system; and the tables may lawfully be used for computing, determining, and expressing in customary weights and measures the weights and measures of the metric system.”
15 U.S.C. § 205b (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 205b. Declaration of policy
It is therefore the declared policy of the United States—
(1) to designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce;
(2) to require that each Federal agency, by a date certain and to the extent economically feasible by the end of the fiscal year 1992, use the metric system of measurement in its procurements, grants, and other business-related activities, except to the extent that such use is impractical or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms, such as when foreign competitors are producing competing products in non-metric units;
(3) to seek out ways to increase understanding of the metric system of measurement through educational information and guidance and in Government publications; and
(4) to permit the continued use of traditional systems of weights and measures in non-business activities.
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 3, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5164(b), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1452.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1988—Pub. L. 100–418 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “It is therefore declared that the policy of the United States shall be to coordinate and plan the increasing use of the metric system in the United States and to establish a United States Metric Board to coordinate the voluntary conversion to the metric system.”
heading: Implementation of Metric Usage in Federal Government
text: Secretary of Commerce designated to direct and coordinate implementation of Government metric usage, see section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 12770, July 25, 1991, 56 F.R. 35801, set out as a note under section 205a of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 205f (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 205f. Duties of Board
In carrying out its duties under this subchapter, the Board may—
(1) establish an Executive Committee, and such other committees as it deems desirable;
(2) establish such committees and advisory panels as it deems necessary to work with the various sectors of the Nation’s economy and with Federal and State governmental agencies in the development and implementation of detailed conversion plans for those sectors. The Board may reimburse, to the extent authorized by law, the members of such committees;
(3) conduct hearings at such times and places as it deems appropriate;
(4) enter into contracts, in accordance with chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, with Federal or State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties;
(5) delegate to the Executive Director such authority as it deems advisable; and
(6) perform such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the duties prescribed by this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 7, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)
heading: Codification
text: In par. (4), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
15 U.S.C. § 205g (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 205g. Gifts, donations and bequests to Board
(a) Authorization; deposit into Treasury and disbursement
The Board may accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, donations, and bequests of property, both real and personal, and personal services, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Board. Gifts and bequests of money, and the proceeds from the sale of any other property received as gifts or requests, shall be deposited in the Treasury in a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Board.
(b) Federal income, estate, and gift taxation of property
For purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxation, property accepted under subsection (a) of this section shall be considered as a gift or bequest to or for the use of the United States.
(c) Investment of moneys; disbursement of accrued income
Upon the request of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest and reinvest, in securities of the United States, any moneys contained in the fund authorized in subsection (a) of this section. Income accruing from such securities, and from any other property accepted to the credit of such fund, shall be dispersed upon the order of the Board.
(d) Reversion to Treasury of unexpended funds
Funds not expended by the Board as of the date when it ceases to exist, in accordance with section 205d(d) of this title, shall revert to the Treasury of the United States as of such date.
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 8, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)
15 U.S.C. § 205h (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 205h. Compensation of Board members; travel expenses
Members of the Board who are not in the regular full-time employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Board or while otherwise engaged in the business of the Board, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate currently being paid grade 18 of the General Schedule (under section 5332 of title 5), including traveltime. While so serving, on the business of the Board away from their homes or regular places of business, members of the Board may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. Payments under this section shall not render members of the Board employees or officials of the United States for any purpose. Members of the Board who are in the employ of the United States shall be entitled to travel expenses when traveling on the business of the Board.
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 9, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)
heading: References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
text: References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.