---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
key: "ch7"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 7"
heading: "National Institute of Standards and Technology"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch7"
sections_count: 59
---

# Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

## Sections

- [§271. Findings and purposes](/usc/15/271.md)
- [§272. Establishment, functions, and activities](/usc/15/272.md)
- [§272a. Technology services](/usc/15/272a.md)
- [§272b. Annual budget submission](/usc/15/272b.md)
- [§273. Functions; for whom exercised](/usc/15/273.md)
- [§273a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology](/usc/15/273a.md)
- [§274. Director; powers and duties; report; compensation](/usc/15/274.md)
- [§275. Hiring critical technical experts](/usc/15/275.md)
- [§275a. Service charges](/usc/15/275a.md)
- [§275b. Charges for activities performed for other agencies](/usc/15/275b.md)
- [§275c. Cost recovery authority](/usc/15/275c.md)
- [§276. Ownership of facilities](/usc/15/276.md)
- [§277. Regulations](/usc/15/277.md)
- [§278. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology](/usc/15/278.md)
- [§278a. Repealed.](/usc/15/278a.md)
- [§278b. Working Capital Fund](/usc/15/278b.md)
- [§278c. Acquisition of land for field sites](/usc/15/278c.md)
- [§278d. Construction and improvement of buildings and facilities](/usc/15/278d.md)
- [§278e. Functions and activities](/usc/15/278e.md)
- [§278f. Fire Research Center](/usc/15/278f.md)
- [§278g. International activities](/usc/15/278g.md)
- [§278g–1. Education and outreach](/usc/15/278g-1.md)
- [§278g–2. Post-doctoral fellowship program](/usc/15/278g-2.md)
- [§278g–2a. Teacher science and technology enhancement Institute program](/usc/15/278g-2a.md)
- [§278g–3. Computer standards program](/usc/15/278g-3.md)
- [§278g–3a. Definitions](/usc/15/278g-3a.md)
- [§278g–3b. Security standards and guidelines for agencies on use and management of Internet of Things devices](/usc/15/278g-3b.md)
- [§278g–3c. Guidelines on the disclosure process for security vulnerabilities relating to information systems, including Internet of Things devices](/usc/15/278g-3c.md)
- [§278g–3d. Implementation of coordinated disclosure of security vulnerabilities relating to agency information systems, including Internet of Things devices](/usc/15/278g-3d.md)
- [§278g–3e. Contractor compliance with coordinated disclosure of security vulnerabilities relating to agency Internet of Things devices](/usc/15/278g-3e.md)
- [§278g–4. Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board](/usc/15/278g-4.md)
- [§278g–5. Enterprise integration initiative](/usc/15/278g-5.md)
- [§278h. Research program on security of computer systems](/usc/15/278h.md)
- [§278h–1. Standards for artificial intelligence](/usc/15/278h-1.md)
- [§278i. Reports to Congress](/usc/15/278i.md)
- [§278j. Studies by National Research Council](/usc/15/278j.md)
- [§278k. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership](/usc/15/278k.md)
- [§278k–1. Competitive awards program](/usc/15/278k-1.md)
- [§278k–2. Expansion awards pilot program](/usc/15/278k-2.md)
- [§278l. Assistance to State technology programs](/usc/15/278l.md)
- [§278m. Repealed.](/usc/15/278m.md)
- [§278n. Repealed.](/usc/15/278n.md)
- [§278n–1. Emergency communication and tracking technologies research initiative](/usc/15/278n-1.md)
- [§278n–2. Green manufacturing and construction](/usc/15/278n-2.md)
- [§278o. User fees](/usc/15/278o.md)
- [§278p. Notice to Congress](/usc/15/278p.md)
- [§278q. Appropriations; availability](/usc/15/278q.md)
- [§278r. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants](/usc/15/278r.md)
- [§278s. Manufacturing USA](/usc/15/278s.md)
- [§278t. Advanced communications research activities](/usc/15/278t.md)
- [§278u. Xylazine detection and analysis](/usc/15/278u.md)
- [§279. Absence of Director](/usc/15/279.md)
- [§281. Repealed.](/usc/15/281.md)
- [§281a. Structural failures](/usc/15/281a.md)
- [§282. Repealed.](/usc/15/282.md)
- [§282a. Assessment of emerging technologies requiring research in metrology](/usc/15/282a.md)
- [§283. Repealed.](/usc/15/283.md)
- [§284. Omitted](/usc/15/284.md)
- [§286. Repealed.](/usc/15/286.md)