---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 207"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "207"
heading: "Preparation of standards by Secretary of Commerce"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/207"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Weights and Measures and Standard Time"
  - "Subchapter III — Standard Gauge for Iron and Steel"
---

# §207. Preparation of standards by Secretary of Commerce


The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and required to prepare suitable standards in accordance with [section 206 of this title](/usc/15/206.md).


## Source credit

(Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 221, § 2, 27 Stat. 746; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor, and renamed Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.

### Transfer of Functions

Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.