15 U.S.C. § 172 — Transfer of duties of Department of Labor;

Page 627 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE §§ 173, 174 Act June 25, 1936, changed name of ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of Columbia’’ to ‘‘district court of the United States for the District of Columbia’’. § 161. Alteration, amendment, or repeal The Congress of the United States reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal any provision of this chapter. (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 28, 42 Stat. 856.) § 162. Creation of China corporations restricted No corporation for the purpose of engaging in business within China shall be created under any law of the United States other than this chap- ter. (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 29, as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 13, 43 Stat. 997.) CHAPTER 5—STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION Sec. 171. Repealed. 172. Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations. 173, 174. Repealed. 175. Additional duties of Bureau. 176. Collection of commercial statistics. 176a. Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau. 176b, 177. Repealed. 178. Collection of statistics of foreign and inter- state commerce and transportation. 179 to 181. Repealed. 182. Statistics of manufactures. 183. Report of statistics. 184 to 187. Repealed. 188. Publication of commercial information. 189, 189a. Repealed. 190. Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions. 191. Terms of measure, weight, and money in com- mercial reports. 192 to 195. Repealed or Omitted. 196. Payments for rent of offices in foreign coun- tries. 197 to 198. Repealed. § 171. Repealed. Pub. L. 90–620, § 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1308 Section, acts Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, directed that, as of July 12, 1912, the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bu- reau of Statistics, both of the Department of Com- merce, be consolidated into one bureau to be known as the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and that the duties required by law to be performed by the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics be transferred to and performed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Pursuant to the powers transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Commerce under Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred the functions of officers of the De- partment of Commerce and the functions of all agen- cies and employees of such Department, with a few ex- ceptions, to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such offi- cers, agencies, and employees, the Secretary, through internal reorganizations, has reassigned the functions of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to other offices of the Department. § 172. Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations The duties of the Department of Labor, or Bu- reau of Labor, ‘‘to ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and whenever industrial changes shall make it essential, the cost of producing ar- ticles at the time dutiable in the United States, in leading countries where such articles are pro- duced, by fully specified units of production, and under a classification showing the different ele- ments of cost, or approximate cost, of such arti- cles of production, including the wages paid in such industries per day, week, month, or year, or by the piece; and hours employed per day; and the profits of manufacturers and producers of such articles; and the comparative cost of liv- ing, and the kind of living; what articles are controlled by trusts or other combinations of capital, business operations, or labor, and what effect said trusts, or other combinations of cap- ital, business operations, or labor have on pro- duction and prices’’, are, as of August 23, 1912, transferred to and shall be discharged by the Bu- reau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and it shall be also the duty of said Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to make such special investigation and report on particular subjects when required to do so by the President or ei- ther House of Congress. (Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The quoted language of this section was originally enacted by act June 13, 1888, ch. 389, § 7, 25 Stat. 183, which charged the duties to the Commissioner of Labor. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of all other officers of Department of Com- merce and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any such officers, agencies, and em- ployees, by Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Through internal reorganizations, functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce have been reas- signed to other offices of Department of Commerce. §§ 173, 174. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–826, § 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953 Section 173, R.S. § 336; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37, Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Jan. 25, 1919, ch. 10, 40 Stat. 1055; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256, required an- nual reports on statistics of commerce and navigation. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census. Section 174, R.S. § 337; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256; Aug. 31, 1961, Pub. L. 87–191, § 2, 75 Stat. 419, prescribed regulations required to be observed by col- lectors of customs. See section 301 et seq. of Title 13, Census.