15 U.S.C. § 1514 — Basic authority for performance of cer-

Page 1437 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1514 Pub. L. 115–31, div. B, title I, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 188. Pub. L. 114–113, div. B, title I, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2292. Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title I, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2179. Pub. L. 113–76, div. B, title I, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 49. Pub. L. 113–6, div. B, title I, Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 239. Pub. L. 112–55, div. B, title I, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 597. Pub. L. 111–117, div. B, title I, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3119. Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2881. § 1513b. Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget jus- tification Beginning in fiscal year 2007 and for each fis- cal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification mate- rials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology construction project having a total multiyear program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification ma- terials shall include an estimate of the budg- etary requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years. (Pub. L. 109–108, title II, Nov. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2311.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is from the Department of Commerce and Re- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, which is title II of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Re- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SIMILAR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation acts: Pub. L. 118–42, div. C, title I, Mar. 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 127. Pub. L. 117–328, div. B, title I, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4516. Pub. L. 117–103, div. B, title I, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 107. Pub. L. 116–260, div. B, title I, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1240. Pub. L. 116–93, div. B, title I, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2390. Pub. L. 116–6, div. C, title I, Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 96. Pub. L. 115–141, div. B, title I, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 405. Pub. L. 115–31, div. B, title I, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 187. Pub. L. 114–113, div. B, title I, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2291. Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title I, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2177. Pub. L. 113–76, div. B, title I, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 47. Pub. L. 113–6, div. B, title I, Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 238. Pub. L. 112–55, div. B, title I, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 596. Pub. L. 111–117, div. B, title I, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3117. Pub. L. 111–8, div. B, title I, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 564. Pub. L. 110–161, div. B, title I, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1889. § 1514. Basic authority for performance of cer- tain functions and activities of Department Appropriations are authorized for the fol- lowing activities of the Department of Com- merce: (a) furnishing to employees of the Depart- ment of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force per- sonnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facili- ties or supplies are not available and upon re- quest of the service concerned), and their de- pendents, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States, free emergency medical services by contract or otherwise and free emergency medical supplies, where in the judgment of the Secretary furnishing of such supplies and services is necessary; (b) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, purchasing, transporting, stor- ing, and distributing food and other subsist- ence supplies for resale to employees of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or supplies are not available and upon request of the service concerned), and their dependents, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States at a reasonable value as determined by the Secretary of Commerce, the proceeds from such resales to be credited to the appropria- tion from which the expenditure was made; (c) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, the establishment, mainte- nance, and operation of messing facilities, by contract or otherwise, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States where suitable family facilities are not avail- able, such service to be furnished to employees of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities are not available and upon re- quest of the service concerned), and their de- pendents, in accordance with regulations es- tablished by the Secretary of Commerce, and at a reasonable value determined in accord- ance therewith, the proceeds from the fur- nishing of such services to be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditures are made; (d) reimbursement, under regulations pre- scribed by the Secretary, of officers and em- ployees in or under the Department of Com- merce, for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished by them in emergencies for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities; (e) providing motion-picture equipment and film for recreation of crews of vessels of the National Ocean Survey, for recreation of em- ployees in remote localities where such facili- ties are not available, and for training pur- poses; (f) erecting, altering, repairing, equipping, furnishing, and maintaining, by contract or Page 1438 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1515 otherwise, such living and working quarters and facilities as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work at remote localities not on foreign soil where such living and working accommodations are not otherwise available. (Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 733, 63 Stat. 907; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(11), 68 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(3), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1967.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 596a 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 1975—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–608 struck out proviso re- quiring an annual report to Congress of the total ex- penditures made for such supplies and total proceeds from resales. 1954—Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 30, 1954, struck out proviso requiring the Secretary of Commerce to submit annu- ally to Congress a report showing the expenditures for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of messing facilities in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States. Executive Documents CHANGE OF NAME Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Na- tional Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Envi- ronmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its personnel, property, records, etc., trans- ferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out as a note under section 1511 of this title. By order of Acting Associate Adminis- trator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes under section 311 of this title. § 1515. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce The official records and papers on file in and pertaining exclusively to the business of any bu- reau, office, department, or branch of the public service transferred to the Department of Com- merce, together with the furniture in use in such bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service, are transferred to the Depart- ment of Commerce. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4 (part), 32 Stat. 826.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 598 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. Section is based on the second par. of section 4 of act Feb. 14, 1903. The first par. of section 4 is classified to sections 1511 and 1516 of this title. 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. § 1516. Statistical information The Secretary of Commerce shall have control of the work of gathering and distributing statis- tical information naturally relating to the sub- jects confided to his department; and he shall have the power and authority to rearrange the statistical work of the bureaus and offices con- fided to the Department of Commerce, and to consolidate any of the statistical bureaus and offices above described. He shall also have au- thority to call upon other departments of the Government for statistical data and results ob- tained by them; and he may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical information so ob- tained in such manner as to him may seem wise. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4 (part), 32 Stat. 826.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 601 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. Section is based on part of the first par. of section 4 of act Feb. 14, 1903. The rest of the first par. and the second par. of section 4 are classified to sections 1511 and 1515 of this title, respectively. 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. § 1516a. Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent The Department of Commerce, the Depart- ment of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agri- culture shall each collect, and publish regularly, statistics which indicate the social, health, and economic condition of Americans of Spanish ori- gin or descent. (Pub. L. 94–311, § 2, June 16, 1976, 90 Stat. 688; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Department of Health, Education, and Welfare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Edu- cation. DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION OF DATA Pub. L. 94–311, § 3, June 16, 1976, 90 Stat. 688, provided that: ‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Secretary of Com-