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15 U.S.C. § 1505 — Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries
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There shall be in the Department of Commerce one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary of Commerce may assign to his Assistant Secretaries such duties, including the direction of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, as he shall prescribe, or may be required by law. The Assistant Secretaries of Commerce shall be without numerical distinction of rank.
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There shall be in the Department of Commerce one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary of Commerce may assign to his Assistant Secretaries such duties, including the direction of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, as he shall prescribe, or may be required by law. The Assistant Secretaries of Commerce shall be without numerical distinction of rank.
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**(a)** If an officer of an Executive agency (including the Executive Office of the President, and other than the Government Accountability Office) whose appointment to office is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office—
(1) the first assistant to the office of such officer shall perform the functions and duties of the office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346;
(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct a person who serves in an office for which appointment is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346; or
(3) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct an officer or employee of such Executive agency to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity, subject to the time limitations of section 3346, if—
(A) during the 365-day period preceding the date of death, resignation, or beginning of inability to serve of the applicable officer, the officer or employee served in a position in such agency for not less than 90 days; and
(B) the rate of pay for the position described under subparagraph (A) is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of pay payable for a position at GS–15 of the General Schedule.
**(b)**
(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), a person may not serve as an acting officer for an office under this section, if—
(A) during the 365-day period preceding the date of the
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Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Commerce, and a Secretary of Commerce, who shall be the head thereof, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose term and tenure of office shall be like that of the heads of the other executive departments; and the provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, shall be applicable to said department. The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said department of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
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There shall be on and after July 2, 1954 in the Department of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of [section 1505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1505&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.
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The Secretary may designate an officer of the Department to sign minor routine official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Department.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1503b
(Pub. L. 97–195, § 1(a), June 16, 1982, 96 Stat. 115.)
§ 1503b.
Under
Secretary
of
Commerce
for
Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appoint-
ment; compensation
There shall be in the Department of Commerce
an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere who shall serve as the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration established by Reorganization
Plan No. 4 of 1970 [5 U.S.C. App.] and perform
such duties as the Secretary of Commerce shall
prescribe. The Under Secretary shall be ap-
pointed by the President by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate and shall be com-
pensated at the rate now or hereafter provided
for Level III of the Executive Schedule Pay
Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314).
(Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100
Stat. 3739.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in text,
is set out under section 1511 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SERVICE
BY
INCUMBENT
ADMINISTRATOR
AND
DEPUTY
ADMINISTRATOR
OF
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC
AND AT-
MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(c), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat.
3739, provided that: ‘‘The individual serving on the date
of enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986]—
‘‘(A) as the Administrator of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration shall also serve as
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and At-
mosphere until such time as a successor is appointed
under subsection (a) of this section [enacting this sec-
tion]; and
‘‘(B) as the Deputy Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall also
serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere until such time as a suc-
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