--- kind: "unit" title: "15" title_heading: "Commerce and Trade" key: "ch40" level: "chapter" label: "Chapter 40" heading: "Department of Commerce" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch40" sections_count: 63 --- # Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce Title 15 — Commerce and Trade ## Sections - [§1501. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal](/usc/15/1501.md) - [§1503. Omitted](/usc/15/1503.md) - [§1503a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs](/usc/15/1503a.md) - [§1503b. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation](/usc/15/1503b.md) - [§1504. Repealed.](/usc/15/1504.md) - [§1505. Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries](/usc/15/1505.md) - [§1506. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505](/usc/15/1506.md) - [§1507. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties](/usc/15/1507.md) - [§1507a. Repealed.](/usc/15/1507a.md) - [§1507b. Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties](/usc/15/1507b.md) - [§1507c. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation](/usc/15/1507c.md) - [§1508. General Counsel](/usc/15/1508.md) - [§1509. Designation of officer to sign routine papers](/usc/15/1509.md) - [§1510. Clerical assistants](/usc/15/1510.md) - [§1511. Bureaus in Department](/usc/15/1511.md) - [§1511a. Repealed.](/usc/15/1511a.md) - [§1511b. United States fishery trade officers](/usc/15/1511b.md) - [§1511c. Estuarine Programs Office](/usc/15/1511c.md) - [§1511d. Chesapeake Bay Office](/usc/15/1511d.md) - [§1511e. Repealed.](/usc/15/1511e.md) - [§1512. Powers and duties of Department](/usc/15/1512.md) - [§1513. Duties and powers vested in Department](/usc/15/1513.md) - [§1513a. Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in Department budget justification](/usc/15/1513a.md) - [§1513b. Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget justification](/usc/15/1513b.md) - [§1514. Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department](/usc/15/1514.md) - [§1515. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce](/usc/15/1515.md) - [§1516. Statistical information](/usc/15/1516.md) - [§1516a. Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent](/usc/15/1516a.md) - [§1517. Transfer of statistical or scientific work](/usc/15/1517.md) - [§1518. Custody of buildings; officers transferred](/usc/15/1518.md) - [§1519. Annual and special reports](/usc/15/1519.md) - [§1519a. Repealed.](/usc/15/1519a.md) - [§1520. Repealed.](/usc/15/1520.md) - [§1521. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement](/usc/15/1521.md) - [§1521a. Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund](/usc/15/1521a.md) - [§1522. Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements](/usc/15/1522.md) - [§1523. Tax status of gifts and bequests of property](/usc/15/1523.md) - [§1524. Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest](/usc/15/1524.md) - [§1525. Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical information; transcripts or copies; cost payments for special work; joint projects: cost apportionment, waiver](/usc/15/1525.md) - [§1526. Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropriations or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts](/usc/15/1526.md) - [§1527. Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected](/usc/15/1527.md) - [§1527a. Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund](/usc/15/1527a.md) - [§1528. Transferred](/usc/15/1528.md) - [§1529. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands](/usc/15/1529.md) - [§1530. Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/usc/15/1530.md) - [§1531. Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration](/usc/15/1531.md) - [§1532. Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary](/usc/15/1532.md) - [§1533. Repealed.](/usc/15/1533.md) - [§1534. Assessment of fees for access to environmental data](/usc/15/1534.md) - [§1535. Repealed.](/usc/15/1535.md) - [§1536. Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels](/usc/15/1536.md) - [§1537. Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution](/usc/15/1537.md) - [§1538. Notice of reprogramming](/usc/15/1538.md) - [§1539. Financial assistance](/usc/15/1539.md) - [§1540. Cooperative agreements](/usc/15/1540.md) - [§1541. Administrative Law Judges](/usc/15/1541.md) - [§1542. Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program](/usc/15/1542.md) - [§1543. Task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth](/usc/15/1543.md) - [§1544. Promotion of tourist travel](/usc/15/1544.md) - [§1545. Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information](/usc/15/1545.md) - [§1546. United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board](/usc/15/1546.md) - [§1547. Rules and regulations; employees](/usc/15/1547.md) - [§1548. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/15/1548.md)