Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1515 Records, Etc., of Bureaus Transferred to Department of Commerce
Title 15 › CHAPTER 40 — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › § 1515
Summary
When a bureau, office, department, or branch is moved into the Department of Commerce, its official files and papers that are used only for that unit’s business, plus the furniture it uses, go to the Department of Commerce.
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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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15 U.S.C. § 1515
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102