Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§1515 Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › § 1515

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All official records and papers that belong only to any bureau, office, department, or branch moved into the Department of Commerce must go to the Department of Commerce. The furniture used by that unit must be transferred there as well.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1515

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The official records and papers on file in and pertaining exclusively to the business of any bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce, together with the furniture in use in such bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service, are transferred to the Department of Commerce.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 598 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. Section is based on the second par. of section 4 of act Feb. 14, 1903. The first par. of section 4 is classified to section 1511 and 1516 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 37 Stat. 736, provided that the Department of Commerce and Labor and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were to be thereafter called the Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce and that the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor (act Feb. 14, 1903) was amended accordingly.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1515

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73