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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§1545 Cooperation with Travel Agencies; Publication of Information

Title 15 › Chapter 40— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › § 1545

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may work with public and private travel and tourist groups to put on exhibits and to gather, publish, and share information about sights, routes, transportation, lodging, and other travel topics to encourage travel. The Secretary can make graphic materials in foreign languages to highlight U.S. attractions and to promote the use of American‑registered ships and planes, and can use U.S. facilities abroad to help distribute them. The Secretary may hire private publishers to print and bind materials, charge for publications, and keep money from sales made with donated funds to pay for more printing and binding.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1545

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In carrying out the purposes of sections 1544 to 1548 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to cooperate with public and private tourist, travel, and other agencies in the display of exhibits, and in the collection, publication, and dissemination of information with respect to places of interest, routes, transportation facilities, accommodations, and such other matters as he deems advisable and advantageous for the purpose of encouraging, promoting, or developing such travel. Nothing in said sections shall prohibit the preparation of graphic materials in foreign languages, designed to call attention to the attractions and places of interest in the United States and to encourage the use of American registered ships and planes. The existing facilities of the United States Government in foreign countries are authorized to assist in the distribution of this material. The Secretary may enter into contracts with private publishers for such printing and binding as he may deem advisable in carrying out the purposes of said sections. The Secretary is also authorized to make charges for any publications made available to the public pursuant to said sections; and any proceeds from the sale of publications produced by the expenditure of contributed funds shall continue to be available for printing and binding as aforesaid.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 18a of Title 16, Conservation.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

of Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Commerce, see

Transfer of Functions

note set out under section 1544 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1545

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60