TITLE 15 - US CODE - CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION

15 USC 171 - Repealed. Pub. L. 90620, 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1308

Section, acts Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, directed that, as of July 12, 1912, the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics, both of the Department of Commerce, be consolidated into one bureau to be known as the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and that the duties required by law to be performed by the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics be transferred to and performed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Pursuant to the powers transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Commerce under 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, which transferred the functions of officers of the Department of Commerce and the functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, the Secretary, through internal reorganizations, has reassigned the functions of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to other offices of the Department.

15 USC 172 - Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations

The duties of the Department of Labor, or Bureau of Labor, to ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and whenever industrial changes shall make it essential, the cost of producing articles at the time dutiable in the United States, in leading countries where such articles are produced, by fully specified units of production, and under a classification showing the different elements of cost, or approximate cost, of such articles of production, including the wages paid in such industries per day, week, month, or year, or by the piece; and hours employed per day; and the profits of manufacturers and producers of such articles; and the comparative cost of living, and the kind of living; what articles are controlled by trusts or other combinations of capital, business operations, or labor, and what effect said trusts, or other combinations of capital, business operations, or labor have on production and prices, are, as of August 23, 1912, transferred to and shall be discharged by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and it shall be also the duty of said Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to make such special investigation and report on particular subjects when required to do so by the President or either House of Congress.

173, 174. Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

Section 173, R.S. 336; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37, Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736; Jan. 25, 1919, ch. 10, 40 Stat. 1055; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256, required annual reports on statistics of commerce and navigation. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census. Section 174, R.S. 337; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256; Aug. 31, 1961, Pub. L. 87–191, § 2, 75 Stat. 419, prescribed regulations required to be observed by collectors of customs. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.

15 USC 175 - Additional duties of Bureau

It shall be the province and duty of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, to foster, promote, and develop the various manufacturing industries of the United States, and markets for the same at home and abroad, domestic and foreign, by gathering, compiling, publishing, and supplying all available and useful information concerning such industries and such markets, and by such other methods and means as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce or provided by law.

15 USC 176 - Collection of commercial statistics

A purpose of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is the collection, arrangement, and classification of such statistical information as may be procured, showing, or tending to show, each year the condition of the manufactures, domestic trade, currency, and banks of the several States and Territories.

15 USC 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau

Any statistical information furnished in confidence to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by individuals, corporations, and firms shall be held to be confidential, and shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is supplied. Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall not permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Bureau to examine such individual reports, nor shall he permit any statistics of domestic commerce to be published in such manner as to reveal the identity of the individual, corporation, or firm furnishing such data.

15 USC 176b - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 21, 62 Stat. 862

Section, act June 27, 1938, ch. 11, 2, 52 Stat. 8, related to disclosure by employee of information. See section 1905 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

15 USC 177 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

Section, acts July 16, 1892, ch. 196, 1, 27 Stat. 197; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 211, 1, 27 Stat. 689; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to returns of exports to foreign countries leaving the United States by rail. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.

15 USC 178 - Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation

It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather and collate statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freight and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported.

15 USC 179 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

Section, R.S. 339; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, 1, 18 Stat. 352; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256, required quarterly reports of exports and imports. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.

15 USC 180 - Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, 1, 47 Stat. 1349

Section, R.S. 340, related to statements of vessels registered.

15 USC 181 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

Section, R.S. 341; acts Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256, required preparation of an annual statement of merchandise. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.

15 USC 182 - Statistics of manufactures

The Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall collect, digest, and arrange, for the use of Congress, the statistics of the manufactures of the United States, their localities, sources of raw material, markets, exchanges with the producing regions of the country, transportation of products, wages, and such other conditions as are found to affect their prosperity.

15 USC 183 - Report of statistics

The Secretary of Commerce shall make a report to Congress on the first Monday of January in each year, containing the results of the information collected during the preceding year, by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, upon the condition of the manufactures, domestic trade, currency, and banks of the several States and Territories.

184 to 187. Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

Section 184, R.S. 263; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256, required printing of an annual report on commerce on navigation. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census. Section 185, R.S. 251 (part); acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, required Secretary of Commerce to prescribe forms of annual statements to be submitted to Congress showing the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, or coastwise between the collection districts of the United States. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13. Section 186, R.S. 338, required annual report of statistics of commerce and navigation to state kinds, quantities, and value of merchandise entered and cleared coastwise into and from collection districts of the United States. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13. Section 187, R.S. 265, 3812; acts Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 17, 28 Stat. 603; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to printing of statement of exports and imports. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13.

15 USC 188 - Publication of commercial information

The Secretary of Commerce shall publish official notifications, from time to time, of such commercial information communicated to him by diplomatic and consular officers, as he may deem important to the public interests, in such newspapers, not to exceed three in number, as he may select.

189, 189a. Repealed. Pub. L. 91412, 3(b), (c), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864

Section 189, act May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 1, 49 Stat. 1335, which authorized Secretary of Commerce to charge for lists of foreign buyers, special statistical services, special commodity news bulletins, and World Trade Directory reports and to deposit collections therefore in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, is now covered by sections 1525 and 1526 of this title. Similar provisions were contained in the following acts: Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, 49 Stat. 89. Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, 48 Stat. 550. Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, 47 Stat. 1392. July 1, 1932, ch. 361, 47 Stat. 501. June 30, 1932, ch. 314, title III, 310, 47 Stat. 410. Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, 46 Stat. 1333. Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, 46 Stat. 197. Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, 45 Stat. 1118. Feb. 15, 1928, ch. 57, 45 Stat. 87. Feb. 24, 1927, ch. 189, 44 Stat. 1203. Apr. 29, 1926, ch. 195, 44 Stat. 353. Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 130, 21 Stat. 391. June 16, 1880, ch. 235, 21 Stat. 271. Section 189a, act May 27, 1935, ch. 148, 1, 49 Stat. 292, which authorized Department of Commerce to make special statistical studies (foreign trade, domestic trade, and other economic matters), to prepare from its records special statistical compilations, and to furnish transcripts (studies, tables, and other records), upon payment of actual cost by requesting person, firm, or corporations, is now covered by section 1525 of this title.

15 USC 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.

15 USC 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.

192, 192a. Repealed. Pub. L. 91412, 3(a), (b), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864

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. 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 USC 193 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87826, 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953

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.

194, 195. Omitted

15 USC 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.

197 to 197d. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, 1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039

Section 197, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, 1, 44 Stat. 1394, related to establishment of Foreign Commerce Service. Section 197a, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, 2, 44 Stat. 1394, related to duties of officers. 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. Section 197c, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, 4, 44 Stat. 1395, related to employment of clerks and assistants. Section 197d, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, 5, 44 Stat. 1396, related to status of officer while serving abroad.

15 USC 197e - Repealed. Pub. L. 89554, 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647

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 USC 197f - Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, 1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039

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 attaches in Europe, South or Central America and elsewhere.

15 USC 198 - Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, 4, 54 Stat. 1111

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, and is now covered by sections 6a and 6b of Title 41, Public Contracts.