15 U.S.C. § 1477 — Enforcement by State Attorneys General

Page 1421 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1501 by any rule or regulation under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, or by reference in any preamble, statement of policy, executive branch statements, or other matter associated with the publication of any such rule or regulation, see section 231 of Pub. L. 110–314, set out as a note under section 2051 of this title. § 1477. Enforcement by State Attorneys General The attorney general of a State, or other au- thorized State officer, alleging a violation of a standard or rule promulgated under section 1472 of this title that affects or may affect such State or its residents, may bring an action on behalf of the residents of the State in any United States district court for the district in which the defendant is found or transacts busi- ness to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. The procedural requirements of section 2073(b) of this title shall apply to any such action. (Pub. L. 91–601, § 9, as added Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 218(b)(1), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3062.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 9 of Pub. L. 91–601 was renumbered section 8 and is set out as a note under section 1471 of this title. CHAPTER 40—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Sec. 1501. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal. 1502, 1503. Omitted. 1503a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. 1503b. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; com- pensation. 1504. Repealed. 1505. Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries. 1506. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505. 1507. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties. 1507a. Repealed. 1507b. Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appoint- ment; compensation; duties. 1507c. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; com- pensation. 1508. General Counsel. 1509. Designation of officer to sign routine papers. 1510. Clerical assistants. 1511. Bureaus in Department. 1511a. Repealed. 1511b. United States fishery trade officers. 1511c. Estuarine Programs Office. 1511d. Chesapeake Bay Office. 1511e. Repealed. 1512. Powers and duties of Department. 1513. Duties and powers vested in Department. 1513a. Cost estimates for National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration programs in- cluded in Department budget justification. 1513b. Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget jus- tification. 1514. Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department. 1515. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to De- partment of Commerce. 1516. Statistical information. 1516a. Statistics relating to social, health, and eco- nomic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent. Sec. 1517. Transfer of statistical or scientific work. 1518. Custody of buildings; officers transferred. 1519. Annual and special reports. 1519a, 1520. Repealed. 1521. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement. 1521a. Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Ex- penses Fund. 1522. Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disburse- ments. 1523. Tax status of gifts and bequests of property. 1524. Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest. 1525. Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical information; transcripts or cop- ies; cost payments for special work; joint projects: cost apportionment, waiver. 1526. Receipts for work or services; deposit in spe- cial accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropria- tions or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts. 1527. Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected. 1527a. Economics and Statistics Administration Re- volving Fund. 1528. Transferred. 1529. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands. 1530. Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1531. Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration. 1532. Telecommunications; electromagnetic radi- ation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary. 1533. Repealed. 1534. Assessment of fees for access to environ- mental data. 1535. Repealed. 1536. Prohibition against fraudulent use of ‘‘Made in America’’ labels. 1537. Needs assessment for data management, ar- chival, and distribution. 1538. Notice of reprogramming. 1539. Financial assistance. 1540. Cooperative agreements. 1541. Administrative Law Judges. 1542. Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program. 1543. Task force on job repatriation and manufac- turing growth. 1544. Promotion of tourist travel. 1545. Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information. 1546. United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. 1547. Rules and regulations; employees. 1548. Authorization of appropriations. § 1501. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the De- partment of Commerce, and a Secretary of Com- merce, who shall be the head thereof, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose term and tenure of office shall be like that of the heads of the other executive departments; and the provisions of title 4 of the Revised Stat-