15 U.S.C. § 1527a — Economics and Statistics Administration

Page 1443 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1530 § 1526. Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropria- tions or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of an- nual expenditures from accounts All payments for work or services performed or to be performed under this Act shall be depos- ited in a separate account or accounts which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay or make advances to appropriations or funds which do or will ini- tially bear all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary: Provided, That said receipts may be credited to a working capital fund otherwise established by law, and used under the law governing said funds, if the fund is available for use by the agency of the Depart- ment of Commerce which is responsible for per- forming the work or services for which payment is received. Acts appropriating funds to the De- partment of Commerce may include provisions limiting annual expenditure from said account or accounts. (Pub. L. 91–412, § 2, Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91–412, which enacted sections 1525 to 1527, amended section 1153, and repealed sections 189, 189a, 192, 192a, 1153a, and 1520 of this title. § 1527. Fees or charges for services or publica- tions under existing law unaffected Except as to those laws expressly repealed herein, nothing in this Act shall alter, amend, modify, or repeal any existing law prescribing fees or charges or authorizing the prescribing of fees or charges for services performed or for any publication furnished by the Department of Commerce, or any of its several bureaus or of- fices. (Pub. L. 91–412, § 4, Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 865.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91–412, which enacted sections 1525 to 1527, amended section 1153, and repealed sections 189, 189a, 192, 192a, 1153a, and 1520 of this title. Laws expressly repealed herein, referred to in text, means amendment of section 1153 and repeal of sections 189, 189a, 192, 192a, 1153a, and 1520 of this title, as here- tofore noted. § 1527a. Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund There is hereby established the Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund which shall be available without fiscal year lim- itation. For initial capitalization, there is ap- propriated $1,677,000 to the Fund: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to dis- seminate economic and statistical data products as authorized by sections 1525 to 1527 of this title and, notwithstanding section 4912 of this title, charge fees necessary to recover the full costs incurred in their production. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, receipts received from these data dissemination activities shall be credited to this account as offsetting collec- tions, to be available for carrying out these pur- poses without further appropriation. (Pub. L. 103–317, title II, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1744.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DISSEMINATION OF ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL DATA PRODUCTS; FEES Pub. L. 105–119, title II, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2474, provided in part that: ‘‘The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to disseminate economic and statistical data products as authorized by sections 1, 2, and 4 of Public Law 91–412 (15 U.S.C. 1525–1527) and, notwith- standing section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Com- petitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912), charge fees nec- essary to recover the full costs incurred in their pro- duction. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts re- ceived from these data dissemination activities shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes without further appropriation.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–34. Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title II], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–25; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. § 1528. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Feb. 28, 1920, ch. 91, § 500, 41 Stat. 499; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 6, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2732, 53 Stat. 1434; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(9), 95 Stat. 154, relating to a policy of development of water transpor- tation, was transferred to section 142 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was repealed by Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379, and reenacted by sec- tion 4(j)(6)(A) thereof as section 303a of Title 49, Trans- portation. § 1529. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of Commerce, whenever the Secretary considers it desirable, may relinquish to a State, or to a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, all or part of the legislative juris- diction of the United States over lands or inter- ests under the Secretary’s control in that State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession. Relin- quishment of legislative jurisdiction under this section may be accomplished— (1) by filing with the Governor (or, if none exists, with the chief executive officer) of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession concerned a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance of the notice; or (2) as required by the laws of the State, Com- monwealth, territory, or possession. (Pub. L. 98–623, title IV, § 406, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3409.) § 1530. Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Administration may not award any con- tract for the performance of any ‘‘commercial