---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 205f"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "205f"
heading: "Duties of Board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/205f"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Weights and Measures and Standard Time"
  - "Subchapter II — Metric Conversion"
---

# §205f. Duties of Board


In carrying out its duties under this subchapter, the [Board](/usc/15/205c.md?p=1) may—

- (1) establish an Executive Committee, and such other committees as it deems desirable;
- (2) establish such committees and advisory panels as it deems necessary to work with the various sectors of the Nation’s economy and with Federal and [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) governmental agencies in the development and implementation of detailed conversion plans for those sectors. The [Board](/usc/15/205c.md?p=1) may reimburse, to the extent authorized by law, the members of such committees;
- (3) conduct hearings at such times and places as it deems appropriate;
- (4) enter into contracts, in accordance with chapters [1](/usc/40/chstI/ch1.md) to [11](/usc/40/chstI/ch11.md) of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), [3501(b)](/usc/15/3501.md), 3509, [3906](/usc/15/3906.md), 4710, and [4711](/usc/15/4711.md)) of subtitle I of [title 41](/usc/41.md), with Federal or [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties;
- (5) delegate to the Executive Director such authority as it deems advisable; and
- (6) perform such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the duties prescribed by this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–168, § 7, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

In par. (4), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.