Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110
§1156 Use of Existing Facilities
Title 15 › CHAPTER 23 — DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION › § 1156
Summary
The Secretary of Commerce may use Commerce Department staff, offices, and other resources needed to carry out this chapter and may ask other federal agencies, with their consent, to help. Existing facilities must be used as fully as feasible.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §1156
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Available assistance
The Secretary may utilize any personnel, facilities, bureaus, agencies, boards, administrations, offices, or other instrumentalities of the Department of Commerce which he may require to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Cooperation of other agencies
The Secretary is authorized to call upon other departments and independent establishments and agencies of the Government to provide, with their consent, such available services, facilities, or other cooperation as he shall deem necessary or helpful in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and he is directed to utilize existing facilities to the full extent deemed feasible.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
15 U.S.C. § 1156
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110