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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 40— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE · § 1511

§ 1511. Bureaus in Department

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The following named bureaus, administrations, services, offices, and programs of the public service, and all that pertains thereto, shall be under the jurisdiction and subject to the control of the Secretary of Commerce:
(1)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(2)United States Travel and Tourism Administration;
(3)National Institute of Standards and Technology;
(4)United States Patent and Trademark Office 1
(5)Bureau of the Census; and
(6)such other bureaus or other organizational units as the Secretary of Commerce may from time to time establish in accordance with law.
(Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 12, 32 Stat. 826, 830; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 4, 36 Stat. 537; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737; Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 1, 42 Stat. 1109; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, pt. II, title V, § 501, 47 Stat. 415; Feb. 22, 1934, Ex. Ord. 6611; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §§ 2(a), 4(e), 6, eff. July 1, 1936, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, §§ 7, 8, eff.
June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1235, 1236; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103(a), 63 Stat. 380; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561; 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 7, § 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 21, §§ 101, 106, 201, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1273; Pub. L. 93–498, § 23, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1549; Pub. L. 93–596, § 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949;
Pub. L. 95–422, § 2(c), Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 932; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(6), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154; Pub. L. 97–63, § 4(a)(1), Oct. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1014; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(6)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–583; Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(b), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302.)
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  • Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552
  • 32 Stat. 826
  • June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 4
  • 36 Stat. 537
  • Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1
  • 37 Stat. 407
  • Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3
  • 37 Stat. 737
  • Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 1
  • 42 Stat. 1109
  • June 30, 1932, ch. 314
  • 47 Stat. 415
  • May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1
  • 49 Stat. 1380
  • 53 Stat. 1432
  • 54 Stat. 1235
  • 60 Stat. 1097
  • June 30, 1949, ch. 288
  • 63 Stat. 380
  • Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20
  • 63 Stat. 561
  • 63 Stat. 1070
  • 64 Stat. 1273
  • Pub. L. 93–498, § 23
  • 88 Stat. 1549
  • Pub. L. 93–596, § 3
  • 88 Stat. 1949
  • Pub. L. 95–422, § 2(c)
  • 92 Stat. 932
  • Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(6)
  • 95 Stat. 154
  • Pub. L. 97–63, § 4(a)(1)
  • 95 Stat. 1014
  • Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c)
  • 102 Stat. 1433
  • Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(6)]
  • 113 Stat. 1536
  • Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(b)
  • 114 Stat. 2302
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