15 U.S.C. § 1519 — Annual and special reports

Page 1441 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1521a § 1519. Annual and special reports The Secretary of Commerce shall annually, at the close of each fiscal year, make a report in writing to Congress, giving an account of all moneys received and disbursed by him and his Department, and describing the work done by the Department in fostering, promoting, and de- veloping the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, and fishery indus- tries; of the United States, and making such rec- ommendations as he shall deem necessary for the effective performance of the duties and pur- poses of the Department. He shall also from time to time make such special investigations and reports as he may be required to do by the President, or by either House of Congress, or which he himself may deem necessary and ur- gent. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 8, 32 Stat. 829; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(7), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 604 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. AMENDMENTS 1981—Pub. L. 97–31 struck out references to shipping and transportation facilities. 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. § 1519a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–449, § 7(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2443 Section, Pub. L. 96–371, § 2, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(8), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154, required an annual report to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation respecting conditions of the public ports of the United States. See section 308(b) of Title 49, Transportation. § 1520. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–412, § 3(d), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864 Section, act Dec. 19, 1942, ch. 780, 56 Stat. 1067, au- thorized Secretary of Commerce to establish schedule of fees or charges for services or publications furnished by Department of Commerce, excepting Federal and State governments, provided for covering proceeds thereof into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and specified that its provisions shall not alter, amend, modify, or repeal any existing law for prescription of fees or charges. See sections 1525 to 1527 of this title. § 1521. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement There is established a working capital fund of $100,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the payment of salaries and other expenses nec- essary to the maintenance and operation of (1) central duplicating, photographic, drafting, and photostating services and (2) such other services as the Secretary, with the approval of the Direc- tor of the Office of Management and Budget, de- termines may be performed more advan- tageously as central services; said fund to be re- imbursed from applicable funds of bureaus, of- fices, and agencies for which services are per- formed on the basis of rates which shall include estimated or actual charges for personal serv- ices, materials, equipment (including mainte- nance, repairs, and depreciation) and other ex- penses: Provided, That such central services shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of sepa- rate like services in the bureaus, offices, and agencies of the Department: Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures and re- imbursements, and a statement of the current assets and liabilities of the working capital fund as of the close of the last completed fiscal year, shall be included in the annual Budget. (June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title III, § 301, 58 Stat. 415; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 102, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 607 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. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget transferred to President by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees. Section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970 redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Management and Budget. § 1521a. Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Ex- penses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobli- gated balances of expired discretionary funds ap- propriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur- poses for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for information and business technology system modernization and facilities infrastructure improvements necessary for the operation of the Department, subject to ap- proval by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Ap- propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad- vance of the planned use of funds. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated