Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§176 Collection of Commercial Statistics
Title 15 › CHAPTER 5 — STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION › § 176
Summary
The Bureau must each year collect and organize statistics on manufacturing, domestic trade, currency, and banks in each State and Territory.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §176
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 335 derived from Res. June 15, 1844, No. 16, 5 Stat. 719.
Amendments
1877—Act Feb. 27, 1877, struck out “agriculture” before “manufactures”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Act Aug. 23, 1912, transferred certain duties of Department or Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
15 U.S.C. § 176
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102