Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§178 Collection of Statistics of Foreign and Interstate Commerce and Transportation
Title 15 › CHAPTER 5 — STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION › § 178
Summary
The officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce must collect and organize facts about trade with other countries and between U.S. states. They must also gather information on railroads, their building and operating costs, the fees to move goods and people, and the tons carried on trains and waterways.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §178
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It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather and collate statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freight and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1928—Act May 29, 1928, discontinued the report of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to Congress on commercial relations of the United States.
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. Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
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
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 178
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102