15 U.S.C. § 1518 — Custody of buildings; officers transferred

Page 1440 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1518 cial return to the Government; and price of data to users. The following institutional alternatives should be compared: (i) wholly private ownership and oper- ation of the system by an entity competitively se- lected; (ii) phased-in Government/private ownership and operation; (iii) a legislatively chartered privately owned corporation; and (iv) continued ownership and operation by the Federal Government. The Secretary shall complete these studies and report on them to the Congress by February 1, 1983. ‘‘(2) In addition to the studies and comparisons called for in section 201(b)(1) the Secretary shall fund at least two parallel studies outside the government independ- ently to assess the alternatives called for in section 201(b)(1)(C). These studies should be submitted to the Congress by April 1, 1983. ‘‘(c) There is authorized to be appropriated $14,955,000 for the fiscal year 1983, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title [this note]. ‘‘(d) No moneys authorized by this title [this note] shall be used to transfer to the private sector the own- ership or management of any civil land remote sensing space satellite system and associated ground system equipment unless (A) a period of thirty days has passed after the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives, the President of the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans- portation, of a message from the Secretary of Com- merce or his designee containing a full and complete plan for the action proposed to be taken together with the reasons therefor and expected funding impacts, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Secretary written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action.’’ Executive Documents EX. ORD. NO. 11564. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Ex. Ord. No. 11564, Oct. 6, 1970, 35 F.R. 15801, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the Act of February 14, 1903, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1517) [this section] and section 12(d) of the Act of Octo- ber 15, 1966 (49 U.S.C. 1651 note), as President of the United States, and in further implementation of Reor- ganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 [set out as a note under section 1511 of this title] transferring certain functions to the Secretary of Commerce and establishing the Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. (a) The following programs and activities are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce: (1) The National Oceanographic Instrumentation Cen- ter of the Department of the Navy, Department of De- fense. (2) The National Oceanographic Data Center of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. (3) The Ocean Station Vessel Meteorological Program of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. (4) The Trust Territories Upper Air Observation Pro- gram of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. (5) The Hydroclimatic Network Program of the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, Depart- ment of Defense. (6) The National Data Buoy Development Project of the Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. (b) All of the power and authority of the transferor Departments conferred by law which is related to or in- cidental to, in support of, or necessary for, the oper- ation of the programs and activities transferred by sub- section (a) above, may be utilized by the Secretary of Commerce for the operation of those programs and ac- tivities. SEC. 2. (a) Such personnel and positions and so much of the property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, authorized, affected, available, or to be made available in connection with the operation of the programs and activities transferred by section 1 hereof from the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation as the Director of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget shall determine shall be transferred from those Departments to the Department of Com- merce at such time or times as the Director shall di- rect. (b) Subject to the direction of the Director of the Of- fice of Management and Budget, the appropriate offi- cers of the Government shall make necessary adminis- trative arrangements for the assumption by the Sec- retary of Commerce of the programs and activities so transferred. RICHARD NIXON. § 1518. Custody of buildings; officers transferred The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge, in the buildings or premises occupied by or ap- propriated to the Department of Commerce, of the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property pertaining to it or acquired for use in its business; and he shall be allowed to ex- pend for periodicals and the purposes of the li- brary, and for the rental of appropriate quarters for the accommodation of the Department of Commerce within the District of Columbia, and for all other incidental expenses, such sums as Congress may provide from time to time. Where any office, bureau, or branch of the public serv- ice transferred to the Department of Commerce is occupying rented buildings or premises, it may still continue to do so until other suitable quarters are provided for its use. All officers, clerks, and employees employed on February 14, 1903, in or by any of the bureaus, offices, depart- ments, or branches of the public service trans- ferred to the Department of Commerce are each and all transferred to said department, except where otherwise provided by law. All laws pre- scribing the work and defining the duties of the several bureaus, offices, departments, or branches of the public service transferred to and made a part of the Department of Commerce shall, so far as the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, remain in full force and effect until otherwise provided by law. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 9, 32 Stat. 829.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 32 Stat. 825, which is classified to sections 175, 1501, 1504, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1515, 1516, 1517 to 1519 of this title. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 603 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. 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. 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