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Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contains | Sections 1 to 8405 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE (§§ 1 - 38)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
- Section 2 - Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
- Section 3 - Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal; combination a felony
- Section 4 - Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
- Section 5 - Bringing in additional parties
- Section 6 - Forfeiture of property in transit
- Section 6a - Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations
- Section 7 - Person” or “persons” defined
- Section 8 - Trusts in restraint of import trade illegal; penalty
- Section 9 - Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
- Section 10 - Bringing in additional parties
- Section 11 - Forfeiture of property in transit
- Section 12 - Definitions; short title
- Section 13 - Discrimination in price, services, or facilities
- Section 13a - Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges; underselling in particular...
- Section 13b - Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus
- Section 13c - Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions
- Section 14 - Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor
- Section 15 - Suits by persons injured
- Section 15a - Suits by United States; amount of recovery; prejudgment interest
- Section 15b - Limitation of actions
- Section 15c - Actions by State attorneys general
- Section 15d - Measurement of damages
- Section 15e - Distribution of damages
- Section 15f - Actions by Attorney General
- Section 15g - Definitions
- Section 15h - Applicability of parens patriae actions
- Section 16 - Judgments
- Section 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations
- Section 18 - Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another
- Section 18a - Premerger notification and waiting period
- Section 19 - Interlocking directorates and officers
- Section 19a - Repealed. Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, §329, 49 Stat. 717
- Section 20 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-588, §3, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2880
- Section 21 - Enforcement provisions
- Section 21a - Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19, 1936; additional and continuing violations
- Section 22 - District in which to sue corporation
- Section 23 - Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses
- Section 24 - Liability of directors and agents of corporation
- Section 25 - Restraining violations; procedure
- Section 26 - Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs
- Section 26a - Restrictions on the purchase of gasohol and synthetic motor fuel
- Section 26b - Application of antitrust laws to professional major league baseball
- Section 27 - Effect of partial invalidity
- Section 27a - Transferred
- Section 28 - Repealed. Pub. L. 98-620, title IV, §402(11), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3358
- Section 29 - Appeals
- Section 30 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title IV, §14102(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1922
- Section 31 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title IV, §14102(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1921
- Section 32, 33 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-452, title II, §§209, 210, Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 929
- Section 34 - Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36
- Section 35 - Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations from any local government, or official or...
- Section 36 - Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on claim against person based on official...
- Section 37 - Immunity from antitrust laws
- Section 37a - Definitions
- Section 37b - Confirmation of antitrust status of graduate medical resident matching programs
- Section 38 - Association of marine insurance companies; application of antitrust laws
- Chapter 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION (§§ 41 - 77)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (§§ 41 - 58)
- Subchapter II - PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE (§§ 61 - 66)
- Subchapter III - LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS (§§ 68 - 68j)
- Subchapter IV - LABELING OF FUR PRODUCTS (§§ 69 - 69j)
- Subchapter V - TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION (§§ 70 - 70k)
- Subchapter VI - PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION (§§ 71 - 77)
- Chapter 2A - SECURITIES AND TRUST INDENTURES (§§ 77a - 77bbbb)
- Chapter 2B - SECURITIES EXCHANGES (§§ 78a - 78pp)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 78a - Short title
- Section 78b - Necessity for regulation
- Section 78c - Definitions and application
- Section 78c-1 - Swap agreements
- Section 78c-2 - Securities-related derivatives
- Section 78c-3 - Clearing for security-based swaps
- Section 78c-4 - Security-based swap execution facilities
- Section 78c-5 - Segregation of assets held as collateral in security-based swap transactions
- Section 78d - Securities and Exchange Commission
- Section 78d-1 - Delegation of functions by Commission
- Section 78d-2 - Transfer of functions with respect to assignment of personnel to chairman
- Section 78d-3 - Appearance and practice before the Commission
- Section 78d-4 - Additional duties of Inspector General
- Section 78d-5 - Deadline for completing enforcement investigations and compliance examinations and inspections
- Section 78d-6 - Report and certification of internal supervisory controls
- Section 78d-7 - Triennial report on personnel management
- Section 78d-8 - Annual financial controls audit
- Section 78d-9 - Report on oversight of national securities associations
- Section 78e - Transactions on unregistered exchanges
- Section 78f - National securities exchanges
- Section 78g - Margin requirements
- Section 78h - Restrictions on borrowing and lending by members, brokers, and dealers
- Section 78i - Manipulation of security prices
- Section 78j - Manipulative and deceptive devices
- Section 78j-1 - Audit requirements
- Section 78j-2 - Position limits and position accountability for security-based swaps and large trader reporting
- Section 78j-3 - Compensation committees
- Section 78j-4 - Recovery of erroneously awarded compensation policy
- Section 78k - Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers
- Section 78k-1 - National market system for securities; securities information processors
- Section 78l - Registration requirements for securities
- Section 78l-1 - Applications for unlisted trading privileges deemed filed under section 78l of this title
- Section 78m - Periodical and other reports
- Section 78m-1 - Reporting and recordkeeping for certain security-based swaps
- Section 78m-2 - Reporting requirements regarding coal or other mine safety
- Section 78n - Proxies
- Section 78n-1 - Shareholder approval of executive compensation
- Section 78n-2 - Corporate governance
- Section 78o - Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers
- Section 78o-1 - Brokers deemed to be registered
- Section 78o-2 - Liabilities arising prior to amendment unaffected
- Section 78o-3 - Registered securities associations
- Section 78o-4 - Municipal securities
- Section 78o-4a - Commission Office of Municipal Securities
- Section 78o-5 - Government securities brokers and dealers
- Section 78o-6 - Securities analysts and research reports
- Section 78o-7 - Registration of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations
- Section 78o-8 - Universal ratings symbols
- Section 78o-9 - Study and rulemaking on assigned credit ratings
- Section 78o-10 - Registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap...
- Section 78o-11 - Credit risk retention
- Section 78p - Directors, officers, and principal stockholders
- Section 78q - Records and reports
- Section 78q-1 - National system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions
- Section 78q-2 - Automated quotation systems for penny stocks
- Section 78r - Liability for misleading statements
- Section 78s - Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations
- Section 78t - Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations
- Section 78t-1 - Liability to contemporaneous traders for insider trading
- Section 78u - Investigations and actions
- Section 78u-1 - Civil penalties for insider trading
- Section 78u-2 - Civil remedies in administrative proceedings
- Section 78u-3 - Cease-and-desist proceedings
- Section 78u-4 - Private securities litigation
- Section 78u-5 - Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements
- Section 78u-6 - Securities whistleblower incentives and protection
- Section 78u-7 - Implementation and transition provisions for whistleblower protection
- Section 78v - Hearings by Commission
- Section 78w - Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports
- Section 78x - Public availability of information
- Section 78y - Court review of orders and rules
- Section 78z - Unlawful representations
- Section 78aa - Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
- Section 78aa-1 - Special provision relating to statute of limitations on private causes of action
- Section 78bb - Effect on existing law
- Section 78cc - Validity of contracts
- Section 78dd - Foreign securities exchanges
- Section 78dd-1 - Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers
- Section 78dd-2 - Prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns
- Section 78dd-3 - Prohibited foreign trade practices by persons other than issuers or domestic concerns
- Section 78ee - Transaction fees
- Section 78ff - Penalties
- Section 78gg - Separability
- Section 78hh - Effective date
- Section 78hh-1 - Effective date of certain sections
- Section 78ii - Omitted
- Section 78jj - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-181, title III, §330, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1259
- Section 78kk - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 78ll - Requirements for the EDGAR system
- Section 78mm - General exemptive authority
- Section 78nn - Tennessee Valley Authority
- Section 78oo - Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan...
- Section 78pp - Investor Advisory Committee
- Chapter 2B-1 - SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION (§§ 78aaa - 78lll)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 78aaa - Short title
- Section 78bbb - Application of Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Section 78ccc - Securities Investor Protection Corporation
- Section 78ddd - SIPC Fund
- Section 78eee - Protection of customers
- Section 78fff - General provisions of a liquidation proceeding
- Section 78fff-1 - Powers and duties of a trustee
- Section 78fff-2 - Special provisions of a liquidation proceeding
- Section 78fff-3 - SIPC advances
- Section 78fff-4 - Direct payment procedure
- Section 78ggg - SEC functions
- Section 78hhh - Examining authority functions
- Section 78iii - Functions of self-regulatory organizations
- Section 78jjj - Prohibited acts
- Section 78kkk - Miscellaneous provisions
- Section 78lll - Definitions
- Chapter 2C - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES (§§ 79 - 79z-6)
- Chapter 2D - INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND ADVISERS (§§ 80a-1 - 80b-21)
- Chapter 2E - OMNIBUS SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION (§§ 80c - 80c-3)
- Chapter 3 - TRADE-MARKS (§§ 81 - 134)
- Chapter 4 - CHINA TRADE (§§ 141 - 162)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 141 - Short title
- Section 142 - Definitions
- Section 143 - Registrar; designation; station; supervision by Secretary of Commerce
- Section 144 - China trade corporations
- Section 144a - Incorporation fee for perpetual existence
- Section 145 - Certificate of incorporation
- Section 146 - General powers of corporation
- Section 146a - Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act corporation
- Section 147 - Stock; issuance at par value
- Section 148 - Payment of stock in real or personal property
- Section 149 - Bylaws
- Section 150 - Stockholders’ meetings
- Section 151 - Directors
- Section 152 - Reports; records for public inspection
- Section 153 - Dividends
- Section 154 - Investigations by registrar; revocation of certificate of incorporation
- Section 155 - Authority of registrar in obtaining evidence
- Section 156 - Dissolution of corporation; trustees
- Section 157 - Regulations and fees; disposition of fees and penalties
- Section 158 - False or fraudulent statements prohibited; penalties
- Section 159 - Unauthorized use of legend; penalty
- Section 160 - Maintenance of agent for service
- Section 161 - Alteration, amendment, or repeal
- Section 162 - Creation of China corporations restricted
- Chapter 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION (§§ 171 - 198)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 171 - Repealed. Pub. L. 90-620, §3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1308
- Section 172 - Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations
- Section 173, 174 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 175 - Additional duties of Bureau
- Section 176 - Collection of commercial statistics
- Section 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau
- Section 176b - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §21, 62 Stat. 862
- Section 177 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 178 - Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation
- Section 179 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 180 - Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, §1, 47 Stat. 1349
- Section 181 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 182 - Statistics of manufactures
- Section 183 - Report of statistics
- Section 184 to 187 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 188 - Publication of commercial information
- Section 189, 189a - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-412, §3(b), (c), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864
- Section 190 - Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions
- Section 191 - Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports
- Section 192, 192a - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-412, §3(a), (b), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864
- Section 193 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-826, §3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 953
- Section 194, 195 - Omitted
- Section 196 - Payments for rent of offices in foreign countries
- Section 197 to 197d - Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, §1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039
- Section 197e - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647
- Section 197f - Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, §1131(54), 60 Stat. 1039
- Section 198 - Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111
- Chapter 6 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME (§§ 201 - 267)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY (§§ 201 - 205)
- Subchapter II - METRIC CONVERSION (§§ 205a - 205l)
- Subchapter III - STANDARD GAUGE FOR IRON AND STEEL (§§ 206 - 208)
- Subchapter IV - SCREW THREADS (§§ 208a - 212)
- Subchapter V - STANDARDS OF ELECTRICITY (§§ 221 - 224)
- Subchapter VI - STANDARD BARRELS (§§ 231 - 242)
- Subchapter VII - STANDARD BASKETS AND CONTAINERS (§§ 251 - 256)
- Subchapter VIII - STANDARD HAMPERS, ROUND STAVE BASKETS, AND SPLINT BASKETS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (§§ 257 - 257i)
- Subchapter IX - STANDARD TIME (§§ 260 - 267)
- Chapter 7 - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 271 - 286)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 271 - Findings and purposes
- Section 272 - Establishment, functions, and activities
- Section 272a - Technology services
- Section 272b - Annual budget submission
- Section 273 - Functions; for whom exercised
- Section 273a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
- Section 274 - Director; powers and duties; report; compensation
- Section 275 - Appointment of officers and employees
- Section 275a - Service charges
- Section 275b - Charges for activities performed for other agencies
- Section 275c - Cost recovery authority
- Section 276 - Ownership of facilities
- Section 277 - Regulations
- Section 278 - Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
- Section 278a - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-611, §4(a)(1), Oct. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991
- Section 278b - Working Capital Fund
- Section 278c - Acquisition of land for field sites
- Section 278d - Construction and improvement of buildings and facilities
- Section 278e - Functions and activities
- Section 278f - Fire Research Center
- Section 278g - International activities
- Section 278g-1 - Research fellowships and other financial assistance to students at institutes of higher education
- Section 278g-2 - Post-doctoral fellowship program
- Section 278g-2a - Teacher science and technology enhancement Institute program
- Section 278g-3 - Computer standards program
- Section 278g-4 - Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
- Section 278g-5 - Enterprise integration initiative
- Section 278h - Research program on security of computer systems
- Section 278i - Reports to Congress
- Section 278j - Studies by National Research Council
- Section 278k - Regional centers for the transfer of manufacturing technology
- Section 278l - Assistance to State technology programs
- Section 278m - Repealed. Pub. L. 110-69, title III, §3013(d), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 599
- Section 278n - Technology Innovation Program
- Section 278n-1 - Emergency communication and tracking technologies research initiative
- Section 278n-2 - Green manufacturing and construction
- Section 278o - User fees
- Section 278p - Notice to Congress
- Section 278q - Appropriations; availability
- Section 278r - Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants
- Section 279 - Absence of Director
- Section 280, 281 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-418, title V, §5113, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1432
- Section 281a - Structural failures
- Section 282 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-418, title V, §5113, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1432
- Section 282a - Assessment of emerging technologies requiring research in metrology
- Section 283 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 655, 656
- Section 284 - Omitted
- Section 285, 286 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-890, §3, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1712
- Chapter 7A - STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM (§§ 290 - 290f)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 290 - Congressional declaration of policy
- Section 290a - Definitions
- Section 290b - Collection, compilation, critical evaluation, publication and dissemination of standard reference...
- Section 290c - Standards, criteria, and procedures for preparation and publication of standard reference data...
- Section 290d - Sale of standard reference data; cost recovery; proceeds subject to National Institute of...
- Section 290e - United States copyright and renewal rights
- Section 290f - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 8 - FALSELY STAMPED GOLD OR SILVER OR GOODS MANUFACTURED THEREFROM (§§ 291 - 300)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 291 - Stamping with words “United States assay”, etc., unlawful
- Section 292 - Forfeiture
- Section 293 - Penalty for infraction
- Section 294 - Importation or transportation of falsely marked gold or silver ware prohibited
- Section 295 - Standard of fineness of gold articles; deviation
- Section 296 - Standard of fineness of silver articles; deviation
- Section 297 - Stamping plated articles
- Section 298 - Violations of law
- Section 299 - Definitions
- Section 300 - Application of State laws
- Chapter 9 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (§§ 311 - 329)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 311 - Omitted
- Section 312 - Employees
- Section 313 - Duties of Secretary of Commerce
- Section 313a - Establishment of meteorological observation stations in the Arctic region
- Section 313b - Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction
- Section 313c - Authorized activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Section 313d - NIDIS program
- Section 314 - Omitted
- Section 315 - Changes or assignment to duty
- Section 316 - Omitted
- Section 317 - Appropriations and estimates
- Section 318 - Weather signals on mail cars
- Section 319 - Omitted
- Section 320 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(34), 65 Stat. 702
- Section 321 - Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, §1(15), 65 Stat. 638
- Section 322 - Odd jobs for part-time employees
- Section 323 - Repealed. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §1, 61 Stat. 449
- Section 324 - Omitted
- Section 325 - Authority for certain functions and activities
- Section 326 - Maintenance of printing office in Washington, D.C.
- Section 327 - Employees for conduct of meteorological investigations in Arctic region; appointment and...
- Section 328 - Transfer from other Government Departments of surplus equipment and supplies for Arctic stations
- Section 329 - Omitted
- Chapter 9A - WEATHER MODIFICATION ACTIVITIES OR ATTEMPTS; REPORTING REQUIREMENT (§§ 330 - 330e)
- Chapter 10 - WAR FINANCE CORPORATION (§§ 331 - 374)
- Chapter 10A - COLLECTION OF STATE CIGARETTE TAXES (§§ 375 - 378)
- Chapter 10B - STATE TAXATION OF INCOME FROM INTERSTATE COMMERCE (§§ 381 - 391)
- Chapter 11 - CAUSTIC POISONS (§§ 401 - 411)
- Chapter 12 - DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS BY BOARDS OF TRADE (§§ 431 - 433)
- Chapter 13 - TEXTILE FOUNDATION (§§ 501 - 506)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 501 - Creation of body corporate; directors; principal office; agencies
- Section 502 - Board of directors of Textile Foundation
- Section 503 - Purpose of Foundation
- Section 504 - Powers of Foundation
- Section 505 - Report to Congress
- Section 506 - Amendment and repeal of chapter
- Chapter 13A - FISHING INDUSTRY (§§ 521 - 522)
- Chapter 14 - RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION (§§ 601 - 619)
- Chapter 14A - AID TO SMALL BUSINESS (§§ 631 - 657q)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 631 - Declaration of policy
- Section 631a - Congressional declaration of small business economic policy
- Section 631b - Reports to Congress; state of small business
- Section 631c - Small Business Manufacturing Task Force
- Section 632 - Small-business concern
- Section 633 - Small Business Administration
- Section 633a - Detailed justification for proposed changes in budget requests
- Section 634 - General powers
- Section 634a - Office of Advocacy within Small Business Administration; Chief Counsel for Advocacy
- Section 634b - Primary functions of Office of Advocacy
- Section 634c - Additional duties of Office of Advocacy
- Section 634d - Staff and powers of Office of Advocacy
- Section 634e - Assistance of Government agencies
- Section 634f - Reports
- Section 634g - Budgetary line item and authorization of appropriations
- Section 635 - Deposit of moneys; depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents; contributions to employees...
- Section 636 - Additional powers
- Section 636a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XIX, §1917, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 781
- Section 636b - Disaster loan interest rates
- Section 636c - Age of applicant for disaster loans
- Section 636d - Disaster aid to major sources of employment
- Section 636e - Definitions
- Section 636f - Coordination of efforts between the Administrator and the Internal Revenue Service to expedite...
- Section 636g - Development and implementation of major disaster response plan
- Section 636h - Disaster planning responsibilities
- Section 636i - Small business bonding threshold
- Section 636j - Expedited disaster assistance loan program
- Section 636k - Reports on disaster assistance
- Section 637 - Additional powers
- Section 637a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-409, §3(b), May 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 133
- Section 637b - Availability of information
- Section 637c - Definitions
- Section 638 - Research and development
- Section 638a - GAO study with respect to venture capital operating company, hedge fund, and private equity firm...
- Section 638b - Reducing vulnerability of SBIR and STTR Programs to fraud, waste, and abuse
- Section 639 - Reporting requirements and agency cooperation
- Section 639a - Review of loan program; submission of estimated needs for additional authorization
- Section 640 - Voluntary agreements among small-business concerns
- Section 641 - Transfer to Administration of other functions, powers, and duties
- Section 642 - Requirements for loans
- Section 643 - Fair charge for use of Government-owned property
- Section 644 - Awards or contracts
- Section 645 - Offenses and penalties
- Section 646 - Liens
- Section 647 - Duplication of activities of other Federal departments or agencies
- Section 648 - Small business development center program authorization
- Section 648a - Repealed. Pub. L. 102-140, title VI, §609(e), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 826
- Section 648b - Grants for SBDCs
- Section 649 - Office of International Trade
- Section 649a - Omitted
- Section 649b - Grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for international marketing programs
- Section 649c - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 649d - Central information clearinghouse
- Section 650 - Supervisory and enforcement authority for small business lending companies
- Section 651 - National small business tree planting program
- Section 652 - Central European Enterprise Development Commission
- Section 653 - Office of Rural Affairs
- Section 654 - Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program
- Section 655 - Pilot Technology Access Program
- Section 656 - Women's business center program
- Section 657 - Oversight of regulatory enforcement
- Section 657a - HUBZone program
- Section 657b - Veterans programs
- Section 657c - National Veterans Business Development Corporation
- Section 657d - Federal and State Technology Partnership Program
- Section 657e - Mentoring Networks
- Section 657f - Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
- Section 657g - Participation in federally funded projects
- Section 657h - Small business energy efficiency
- Section 657i - Coordination of disaster assistance programs with FEMA
- Section 657j - Information tracking and follow-up system for disaster assistance
- Section 657k - Disaster processing redundancy
- Section 657l - Comprehensive disaster response plan
- Section 657m - Plans to secure sufficient office space
- Section 657n - Immediate Disaster Assistance program
- Section 657o - Annual reports on disaster assistance
- Section 657p - Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children
- Section 657q - Consolidation of contract requirements
- Chapter 14B - SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM (§§ 661 - 697g)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 661 - 662)
- Subchapter II - SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT DIVISION OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (§§ 671 - 672)
- Subchapter III - INVESTMENT DIVISION PROGRAMS (§§ 681 - 690q)
- Subchapter IV - STATE CHARTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND STATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (§§ 691)
- Subchapter IV-A - GUARANTEES (§§ 692 - 694c)
- Subchapter V - LOANS TO STATE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (§§ 695 - 697g)
- Chapter 15 - ECONOMIC RECOVERY (§§ 701 - 714p)
- Chapter 15A - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (§§ 715 - 715m)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 715 - Purpose of chapter
- Section 715a - Definitions
- Section 715b - Interstate transportation of contraband oil forbidden
- Section 715c - Suspension of operation of section 715b of this title
- Section 715d - Enforcement of chapter
- Section 715e - Penalties for violation of chapter
- Section 715f - Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law; procedure
- Section 715g - Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without certificate of clearance; certificate as justifying...
- Section 715h - Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of board and employees
- Section 715i - Restraining violations
- Section 715j - President” as including agencies, officers and employees
- Section 715k - Saving clause
- Section 715l - Repealed. June 22, 1942, ch. 436, 56 Stat. 381
- Section 715m - Cooperation between Secretary of the Interior and Federal and State authorities
- Chapter 15B - NATURAL GAS (§§ 717 - 717z)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 717 - Regulation of natural gas companies
- Section 717a - Definitions
- Section 717b - Exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminals
- Section 717b-1 - State and local safety considerations
- Section 717c - Rates and charges
- Section 717c-1 - Prohibition on market manipulation
- Section 717d - Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transportation
- Section 717e - Ascertainment of cost of property
- Section 717f - Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities
- Section 717g - Accounts; records; memoranda
- Section 717h - Rates of depreciation
- Section 717i - Periodic and special reports
- Section 717j - State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas
- Section 717k - Officials dealing in securities
- Section 717l - Complaints
- Section 717m - Investigations by Commission
- Section 717n - Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure
- Section 717o - Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders
- Section 717p - Joint boards
- Section 717q - Appointment of officers and employees
- Section 717r - Rehearing and review
- Section 717s - Enforcement of chapter
- Section 717t - General penalties
- Section 717t-1 - Civil penalty authority
- Section 717t-2 - Natural gas market transparency rules
- Section 717u - Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties
- Section 717v - Separability
- Section 717w - Short title
- Section 717x - Conserved natural gas
- Section 717y - Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil
- Section 717z - Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities
- Chapter 15C - ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION (§§ 719 - 719o)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 719 - Congressional findings
- Section 719a - Congressional statement of purpose
- Section 719b - Definitions
- Section 719c - Federal Power Commission reviews and reports
- Section 719d - Federal and State officer or agency and other interested persons’ reports
- Section 719e - Presidential decision and report
- Section 719f - Congressional review
- Section 719g - Transportation system certificates, rights-of-way, permits, leases, or other authorizations
- Section 719h - Judicial review
- Section 719i - Supplemental enforcement authority
- Section 719j - Export limitations
- Section 719k - Equal access to facilities
- Section 719l - Antitrust laws
- Section 719m - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 719n - Separability
- Section 719o - Civil rights; affirmative action of Federal officers and agencies; rules: promulgation and...
- Chapter 15D - ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE (§§ 720 - 720n)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 720 - Definitions
- Section 720a - Issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity
- Section 720b - Environmental reviews
- Section 720c - Pipeline expansion
- Section 720d - Federal Coordinator
- Section 720e - Judicial review
- Section 720f - State jurisdiction over in-State delivery of natural gas
- Section 720g - Study of alternative means of construction
- Section 720h - Clarification of ANGTA status and authorities
- Section 720i - Sense of Congress concerning use of steel manufactured in North America and negotiation of a...
- Section 720j - Sense of Congress concerning participation by small business concerns
- Section 720k - Alaska pipeline construction training program
- Section 720l - Sense of Congress concerning natural gas demand
- Section 720m - Sense of Congress concerning Alaskan ownership
- Section 720n - Loan guarantees
- Chapter 16 - EMERGENCY RELIEF (§§ 721 - 728)
- Chapter 16A - EMERGENCY PETROLEUM ALLOCATION (§§ 751 - 760h)
- Chapter 16B - FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION (§§ 761 - 790h)
- Chapter 16C - ENERGY SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION (§§ 791 - 798)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 791 - Congressional declaration of purpose
- Section 792 - Coal conversion and allocation
- Section 793 - Protection of public health and environment
- Section 794 - Energy conservation study
- Section 795 - Report to Congress by January 31, 1975
- Section 796 - Reporting of energy information
- Section 797 - Enforcement
- Section 798 - Definitions
- Chapter 17 - PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND USE OF BITUMINOUS COAL (§§ 801 - 852)
- Chapter 18 - TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS (§§ 901 - 910)
- Chapter 19 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 1001 - 1007)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1001 - Prize-fight films as subjects of interstate or foreign commerce
- Section 1002 - Golden Gate Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel in performance of office business not...
- Section 1003 - Authorization for free travel on Golden Gate Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance...
- Section 1004 - Penalties
- Section 1005 - San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel on official business...
- Section 1006 - Authorization for free travel on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; issuance, presentation, and...
- Section 1007 - Penalties
- Chapter 20 - REGULATION OF INSURANCE (§§ 1011 - 1015)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1011 - Declaration of policy
- Section 1012 - Regulation by State law; Federal law relating specifically to insurance; applicability of certain...
- Section 1013 - Suspension until June 30, 1948, of application of certain Federal laws; Sherman Act applicable to...
- Section 1014 - Effect on other laws
- Section 1015 - State” defined
- Chapter 21 - NATIONAL POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY (§§ 1021 - 1026)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1021 - Congressional declarations
- Section 1022 - Economic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint...
- Section 1022a - Medium-term economic goals and policies respecting full employment and balanced growth
- Section 1022b - Presentation of analysis respecting short-term and medium-term goals in Economic Report of...
- Section 1022c - Inclusion of priority policies and programs in President's Budget
- Section 1022d - President's Budget
- Section 1022e - Inflation
- Section 1022f - Advisory board or boards
- Section 1023 - Council of Economic Advisers
- Section 1024 - Joint Economic Committee
- Section 1025 - Printing of monthly publication by Joint Economic Committee entitled “Economic Indicators...
- Section 1026 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-136, title VI, §601, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 742
- Chapter 22 - TRADEMARKS (§§ 1051 - 1141n)
- Chapter 23 - DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION (§§ 1151 - 1157)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1151 - Purpose of chapter
- Section 1152 - Clearinghouse for technical information; removal of security classification
- Section 1153 - Rules, regulations, and fees
- Section 1153a - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-412, §3(f), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 865
- Section 1154 - Reference of data to armed services and other Government agencies
- Section 1155 - General standards and limitations; preservation of security classification
- Section 1156 - Use of existing facilities
- Section 1157 - Relation to other provisions
- Chapter 24 - TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES (§§ 1171 - 1178)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1171 - Definitions
- Section 1172 - Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission
- Section 1173 - Registration of manufacturers and dealers
- Section 1174 - Labeling and marking of shipping packages
- Section 1175 - Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc...
- Section 1176 - Penalties
- Section 1177 - Confiscation of gambling devices and means of transportation; laws governing
- Section 1178 - Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
- Chapter 25 - FLAMMABLE FABRICS (§§ 1191 - 1204)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1191 - Definitions
- Section 1192 - Prohibited transactions
- Section 1193 - Flammability standards or regulations
- Section 1194 - Administration and enforcement
- Section 1195 - Injunction and condemnation proceedings
- Section 1196 - Penalties
- Section 1197 - Guaranties
- Section 1198 - Shipments from foreign countries; demand for redelivery; claim for liquidated damages
- Section 1199 - Chapter as additional legislation
- Section 1200 - Persons excluded from operation of chapter
- Section 1201 - Study and investigation; research, development and training
- Section 1202 - Exemptions
- Section 1203 - Preemption of Federal standards
- Section 1204 - Congressional veto of flammability regulations
- Chapter 26 - HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS (§§ 1211 - 1214)
- Chapter 27 - AUTOMOBILE DEALER SUITS AGAINST MANUFACTURERS (§§ 1221 - 1226)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1221 - Definitions
- Section 1222 - Authorization of suits against manufacturers; amount of recovery; defenses
- Section 1223 - Limitations
- Section 1224 - Antitrust laws as affected
- Section 1225 - State laws as affected
- Section 1226 - Motor vehicle franchise contract dispute resolution process
- Chapter 28 - DISCLOSURE OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION (§§ 1231 - 1233)
- Chapter 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES (§§ 1241 - 1245)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1241 - Definitions
- Section 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce...
- Section 1243 - Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty
- Section 1244 - Exceptions
- Section 1245 - Ballistic knives
- Chapter 30 - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (§§ 1261 - 1278a)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1261 - Definitions
- Section 1262 - Declaration of hazardous substances
- Section 1263 - Prohibited acts
- Section 1264 - Penalties; exceptions
- Section 1265 - Seizures
- Section 1266 - Hearing before report of criminal violation
- Section 1267 - Injunctions; criminal contempt; trial by court or jury
- Section 1268 - Proceedings in name of United States; subpenas
- Section 1269 - Regulations
- Section 1270 - Examinations and investigations
- Section 1271 - Records of interstate shipment
- Section 1272 - Publicity; reports; dissemination of information
- Section 1273 - Imports
- Section 1274 - Remedies respecting banned hazardous substances
- Section 1275 - Toxicological Advisory Board
- Section 1276 - Congressional veto of hazardous substances regulations
- Section 1277 - Labeling of art materials
- Section 1278 - Requirements for labeling certain toys and games
- Section 1278a - Children's products containing lead; lead paint rule
- Chapter 31 - DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY MOVING IN COMMERCE (§§ 1281 - 1282)
- Chapter 32 - TELECASTING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTESTS (§§ 1291 - 1295)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1291 - Exemption from antitrust laws of agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the...
- Section 1292 - Area telecasting restriction limitation
- Section 1293 - Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations
- Section 1294 - Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests
- Section 1295 - Persons” defined
- Chapter 33 - BRAKE FLUID REGULATION (§§ 1301 - 1303)
- Chapter 34 - ANTITRUST CIVIL PROCESS (§§ 1311 - 1314)
- Chapter 35 - SEAT BELT REGULATION (§§ 1321 - 1323)
- Chapter 36 - CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING (§§ 1331 - 1341)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1331 - Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
- Section 1332 - Definitions
- Section 1333 - Labeling; requirements; conspicuous statement
- Section 1334 - Preemption
- Section 1335 - Unlawful advertisements on medium of electronic communication
- Section 1335a - List of cigarette ingredients; annual submission to Secretary; transmittal to Congress...
- Section 1336 - Authority of Federal Trade Commission; unfair or deceptive acts or practices
- Section 1337 - Omitted
- Section 1338 - Criminal penalty
- Section 1339 - Injunction proceedings
- Section 1340 - Cigarettes for export
- Section 1341 - Smoking, research, education and information
- Chapter 37 - STATE TECHNICAL SERVICES (§§ 1351 - 1368)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1351 - Declaration of purpose
- Section 1352 - Definitions
- Section 1353 - Selection of designated agency
- Section 1354 - Five-year plan; annual technical services program
- Section 1355 - Conditions precedent to acceptance of plans and programs for review and approval by Secretary
- Section 1356 - Review and approval of plans and programs by Secretary
- Section 1357 - Interstate cooperation in administration and coordination of plans and programs
- Section 1358 - Consent of Congress for interstate compacts; reservation of right to alter, amend, or repeal
- Section 1359 - Advisory councils for technical services; appointment; functions; compensation and expenses
- Section 1360 - Appropriations and payments
- Section 1361 - Reference services to assist designated agencies to obtain information outside State
- Section 1362 - Rules and regulations
- Section 1363 - Prohibition against control over educational institutions; functions or responsibilities of other...
- Section 1364 - Annual report by designated agencies to Secretary; reports by Secretary to President and Congress
- Section 1365 - Public committee; appointment; functions; report
- Section 1366 - Termination of payments for noncompliance with law or diversion of funds
- Section 1367 - Repayments
- Section 1368 - Records
- Chapter 38 - TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY (§§ 1381 - 1431)
- Chapter 39 - FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM (§§ 1451 - 1461)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1451 - Congressional declaration of policy
- Section 1452 - Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition
- Section 1453 - Requirements of labeling; placement, form, and contents of statement of quantity; supplemental...
- Section 1454 - Rules and regulations
- Section 1455 - Procedure for promulgation of regulations
- Section 1456 - Enforcement
- Section 1457 - Omitted
- Section 1458 - Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of regulations to States; noninterference with...
- Section 1459 - Definitions
- Section 1460 - Savings provisions
- Section 1461 - Effect upon State law
- Chapter 39A - SPECIAL PACKAGING OF HOUSEHOLD SUBSTANCES FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (§§ 1471 - 1477)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1471 - Definitions
- Section 1472 - Special packaging standards
- Section 1473 - Conventional packages, marketing
- Section 1474 - Regulations for special packaging standards
- Section 1475 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, §1205(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716
- Section 1476 - Preemption of Federal standards
- Section 1477 - Enforcement by State Attorneys General
- Chapter 40 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (§§ 1501 - 1542)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1501 - Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal
- Section 1502, 1503 - Omitted
- Section 1503a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
- Section 1503b - Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
- Section 1504 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-195, §1(c)(1), June 16, 1982, 96 Stat. 115
- Section 1505 - Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries
- Section 1506 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505
- Section 1507 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties
- Section 1507a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-31, §12(5), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154
- Section 1507b - Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties
- Section 1507c - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
- Section 1508 - General Counsel
- Section 1509 - Designation of officer to sign routine papers
- Section 1510 - Clerical assistants
- Section 1511 - Bureaus in Department
- Section 1511a - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-219, §3(a)(2), Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1613
- Section 1511b - United States fishery trade officers
- Section 1511c - Estuarine Programs Office
- Section 1511d - Chesapeake Bay Office
- Section 1511e - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-314, §6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444
- Section 1512 - Powers and duties of Department
- Section 1513 - Duties and powers vested in Department
- Section 1513a - Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in...
- Section 1513b - Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included...
- Section 1514 - Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department
- Section 1515 - Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce
- Section 1516 - Statistical information
- Section 1516a - Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or...
- Section 1517 - Transfer of statistical or scientific work
- Section 1518 - Custody of buildings; officers transferred
- Section 1519 - Annual and special reports
- Section 1519a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-449, §7(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2443
- Section 1520 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-412, §3(d), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864
- Section 1521 - Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement
- Section 1522 - Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements
- Section 1523 - Tax status of gifts and bequests of property
- Section 1524 - Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest
- Section 1525 - Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical...
- Section 1526 - Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs...
- Section 1527 - Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected
- Section 1527a - Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund
- Section 1528 - Transferred
- Section 1529 - Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands
- Section 1530 - Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
- Section 1531 - Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration...
- Section 1532 - Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information...
- Section 1533 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-358, title IV, §407(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4004
- Section 1534 - Assessment of fees for access to environmental data
- Section 1535 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-314, §6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444
- Section 1536 - Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
- Section 1537 - Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution
- Section 1538 - Notice of reprogramming
- Section 1539 - Financial assistance
- Section 1540 - Cooperative agreements
- Section 1541 - Administrative Law Judges
- Section 1542 - Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program
- Chapter 41 - CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION (§§ 1601 - 1693r)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - CONSUMER CREDIT COST DISCLOSURE (§§ 1601 - 1667f)
- Subchapter II - RESTRICTIONS ON GARNISHMENT (§§ 1671 - 1677)
- Subchapter II-A - CREDIT REPAIR ORGANIZATIONS (§§ 1679 - 1679j)
- Subchapter III - CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES (§§ 1681 - 1681x)
- Subchapter IV - EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY (§§ 1691 - 1691f)
- Subchapter V - DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES (§§ 1692 - 1692p)
- Subchapter VI - ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS (§§ 1693 - 1693r)
- Chapter 42 - INTERSTATE LAND SALES (§§ 1701 - 1720)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1701 - Definitions
- Section 1702 - Exemptions
- Section 1703 - Requirements respecting sale or lease of lots
- Section 1704 - Registration of subdivisions
- Section 1705 - Information required in statement of record
- Section 1706 - Effective date of statements of record and amendments thereto
- Section 1707 - Property report
- Section 1708 - Certification of substantially equivalent State law
- Section 1709 - Civil liabilities
- Section 1710 - Court review of orders
- Section 1711 - Limitation of actions
- Section 1712 - Contrary stipulations void
- Section 1713 - Additional remedies
- Section 1714 - Investigations, injunctions, and prosecution of offenses
- Section 1715 - Administration
- Section 1716 - Unlawful representations
- Section 1717 - Penalties for violations
- Section 1717a - Civil money penalties
- Section 1718 - Rules, regulations, and orders
- Section 1719 - Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
- Section 1719a - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1071(c), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 720
- Section 1720 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 43 - NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION (§§ 1801 - 1804)
- Chapter 44 - PROTECTION OF HORSES (§§ 1821 - 1831)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1821 - Definitions
- Section 1822 - Congressional statement of findings
- Section 1823 - Horse shows and exhibitions
- Section 1824 - Unlawful acts
- Section 1824a - Export of horses
- Section 1825 - Violations and penalties
- Section 1826 - Notice of violations to Attorney General
- Section 1827 - Utilization of personnel of Department of Agriculture and officers and employees of consenting...
- Section 1828 - Rules and regulations
- Section 1829 - Preemption of State laws; concurrent jurisdiction; prohibition on certain State action
- Section 1830 - Omitted
- Section 1831 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 45 - EMERGENCY LOAN GUARANTEES TO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (§§ 1841 - 1852)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1841 - Emergency Loan Guarantee Board; establishment; membership; voting
- Section 1842 - Authority for loan guarantees; terms and conditions
- Section 1843 - Limitations and conditions of loan guarantees
- Section 1844 - Security for loan guarantees
- Section 1845 - Requirements applicable to loan guarantees
- Section 1846 - Powers and duties
- Section 1847 - Maximum obligation
- Section 1848 - Emergency loan guarantee fund
- Section 1849 - Federal Reserve banks as fiscal agents
- Section 1850 - Protection of Government's interest
- Section 1851 - Reports to Congress; recommendations
- Section 1852 - Termination date
- Chapter 45A - CHRYSLER CORPORATION LOAN GUARANTEE (§§ 1861 - 1875)
- Chapter 46 - MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION AND COST SAVINGS (§§ 1901 - 2034)
- Section 1901 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379
- Subchapter I - BUMPER STANDARDS (§§ 1911 - 1922)
- Subchapter II - AUTOMOBILE CONSUMER INFORMATION STUDY (§§ 1941 - 1950)
- Subchapter III - DIAGNOSTIC INSPECTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS (§§ 1961 - 1964)
- Subchapter IV - ODOMETER REQUIREMENTS (§§ 1981 - 1991)
- Subchapter V - IMPROVING AUTOMOTIVE EFFICIENCY (§§ 2001 - 2013)
- Subchapter VI - THEFT PREVENTION (§§ 2021 - 2034)
- Chapter 46A - AUTOMOBILE TITLE FRAUD (§§ 2041 - 2044)
- Chapter 47 - CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY (§§ 2051 - 2089)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2051 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Section 2052 - Definitions
- Section 2053 - Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Section 2053a - Employee training exchanges
- Section 2054 - Product safety information and research
- Section 2055 - Public disclosure of information
- Section 2055a - Publicly available consumer product safety information database
- Section 2056 - Consumer product safety standards
- Section 2056a - Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products
- Section 2056b - Mandatory toy safety standards
- Section 2057 - Banned hazardous products
- Section 2057a - Banning of butyl nitrite
- Section 2057b - Banning of isopropal nitrite and other nitrites
- Section 2057c - Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specified phthalates
- Section 2058 - Procedure for consumer product safety rules
- Section 2059 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, §1210, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 721
- Section 2060 - Judicial review of consumer product safety rules
- Section 2061 - Imminent hazards
- Section 2062 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, §1211(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 721
- Section 2063 - Product certification and labeling
- Section 2064 - Substantial product hazards
- Section 2065 - Inspection and recordkeeping
- Section 2066 - Imported products
- Section 2067 - Exemption of exports
- Section 2068 - Prohibited acts
- Section 2069 - Civil penalties
- Section 2070 - Criminal penalties
- Section 2071 - Injunctive enforcement and seizure
- Section 2072 - Suits for damages
- Section 2073 - Additional enforcement of product safety rules and section 2064 orders
- Section 2074 - Private remedies
- Section 2075 - State standards
- Section 2076 - Additional functions of Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Section 2076a - Report on civil penalties
- Section 2076b - Inspector General audits and reports
- Section 2077 - Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels
- Section 2078 - Cooperation with States and other Federal agencies
- Section 2079 - Transfers of functions
- Section 2080 - Limitations on jurisdiction of Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Section 2081 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 2082 - Interim cellulose insulation safety standard
- Section 2083 - Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules
- Section 2084 - Information reporting
- Section 2085 - Low-speed electric bicycles
- Section 2086 - Prohibition on industry-sponsored travel
- Section 2087 - Whistleblower protection
- Section 2088 - Financial responsibility
- Section 2089 - All-terrain vehicles
- Chapter 48 - HOBBY PROTECTION (§§ 2101 - 2106)
- Chapter 49 - FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (§§ 2201 - 2234)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2201 - Congressional findings
- Section 2202 - Declaration of purpose
- Section 2203 - Definitions
- Section 2204 - United States Fire Administration
- Section 2205 - Public education
- Section 2206 - National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control
- Section 2207 - Fire technology
- Section 2208 - National Fire Data Center
- Section 2209 - Master plans
- Section 2210 - Reimbursement for costs of firefighting on Federal property
- Section 2211 - Review of fire prevention codes
- Section 2212 - Fire safety effectiveness statements
- Section 2213 - Annual conference
- Section 2214 - Public safety awards
- Section 2215 - Reports to Congress and President
- Section 2216 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 2217 - Public access to information
- Section 2218 - Administrative provisions
- Section 2219 - Assistance to Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Section 2220 - Arson prevention, detection, and control
- Section 2221 - Arson prevention grants
- Section 2222, 2223 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-503, title I, §110(a)(1)(B), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302
- Section 2223a - Review
- Section 2223b - Working group
- Section 2223c - Report and recommendations
- Section 2223d - Annual revision of recommendations
- Section 2223e - Emergency response personnel” defined
- Section 2224 - Listings of places of public accommodation
- Section 2225 - Fire prevention and control guidelines for places of public accommodation
- Section 2225a - Prohibiting Federal funding of conferences held at non-certified places of public accommodation
- Section 2226 - Dissemination of fire prevention and control information
- Section 2227 - Fire safety systems in federally assisted buildings
- Section 2228 - CPR training
- Section 2229 - Firefighter assistance
- Section 2229a - Expansion of pre-September 11, 2001, fire grant program
- Section 2230 - Surplus and excess Federal equipment
- Section 2231 - Cooperative agreements with Federal facilities
- Section 2232 - Burn research
- Section 2233 - Removal of civil liability barriers that discourage the donation of fire equipment to volunteer...
- Section 2234 - Encouraging adoption of standards for firefighter health and safety
- Chapter 50 - CONSUMER PRODUCT WARRANTIES (§§ 2301 - 2312)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2301 - Definitions
- Section 2302 - Rules governing contents of warranties
- Section 2303 - Designation of written warranties
- Section 2304 - Federal minimum standards for warranties
- Section 2305 - Full and limited warranting of a consumer product
- Section 2306 - Service contracts; rules for full, clear and conspicuous disclosure of terms and conditions...
- Section 2307 - Designation of representatives by warrantor to perform duties under written or implied warranty
- Section 2308 - Implied warranties
- Section 2309 - Procedures applicable to promulgation of rules by Commission
- Section 2310 - Remedies in consumer disputes
- Section 2311 - Applicability to other laws
- Section 2312 - Effective dates
- Chapter 51 - NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE (§§ 2401 - 2471)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND POLICY; DEFINITIONS (§§ 2401 - 2404)
- Subchapter II - NATIONAL CENTER FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE (§§ 2411 - 2418)
- Subchapter III - FEDERAL AGENCY COORDINATION AND LIAISON WITH CENTER (§§ 2431 - 2435)
- Subchapter IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 2451)
- Subchapter V - EVALUATION BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL (§§ 2461)
- Subchapter VI - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS (§§ 2471)
- Chapter 52 - ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (§§ 2501 - 2514)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2501 - Congressional findings and policy
- Section 2502 - Definitions
- Section 2503 - Duties of Secretary of Energy
- Section 2504 - Coordination between Secretary of Energy and other agencies
- Section 2505 - Research and development
- Section 2506 - Demonstrations
- Section 2507 - Contracts
- Section 2508 - Encouragement and protection of small business
- Section 2509 - Loan guarantees
- Section 2510 - Use of electric and hybrid vehicles by Federal agencies
- Section 2511 - Patents
- Section 2512 - Studies
- Section 2513 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1051(o), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 717
- Section 2514 - Authorization for appropriations
- Chapter 53 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL (§§ 2601 - 2697)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES (§§ 2601 - 2629)
- Subchapter II - ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE (§§ 2641 - 2656)
- Subchapter III - INDOOR RADON ABATEMENT (§§ 2661 - 2671)
- Subchapter IV - LEAD EXPOSURE REDUCTION (§§ 2681 - 2692)
- Subchapter V - HEALTHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS (§§ 2695 - 2695d)
- Subchapter VI - FORMALDEHYDE STANDARDS FOR COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS (§§ 2697)
- Chapter 54 - AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2701 - 2710)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2701 - Congressional findings and purpose
- Section 2702 - Definitions
- Section 2703 - Advanced systems program implementation by Secretary of Energy
- Section 2704 - Evaluation by Secretary of Transportation on utilization of advanced technology by automobile...
- Section 2705 - Coordinating and consulting requirements and authorities of Secretary of Energy
- Section 2706 - Informational and testing functions of Secretary of Energy
- Section 2707 - Patents and inventions; statutory provisions applicable; contracts or grants covered
- Section 2708 - Comptroller General audit and examination of books, etc.; statutory provisions applicable...
- Section 2709 - Reports to Congress by Secretary of Energy
- Section 2710 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 55 - PETROLEUM MARKETING PRACTICES (§§ 2801 - 2841)
- Chapter 56 - NATIONAL CLIMATE PROGRAM (§§ 2901 - 2908)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2901 - Findings
- Section 2902 - Purpose
- Section 2903 - Definitions
- Section 2904 - National Climate Program
- Section 2905 - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-272, title VI, §6084(g), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 137
- Section 2906 - Annual report
- Section 2907 - Contract and grant authority; records and audits
- Section 2908 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 56A - GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH (§§ 2921 - 2961)
- Chapter 57 - INTERSTATE HORSERACING (§§ 3001 - 3007)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3001 - Congressional findings and policy
- Section 3002 - Definitions
- Section 3003 - Acceptance of interstate off-track wager
- Section 3004 - Regulation of interstate off-track wagering
- Section 3005 - Liability and damages
- Section 3006 - Civil action
- Section 3007 - Jurisdiction and venue
- Chapter 58 - FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH (§§ 3101 - 3152)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3101 - Congressional findings
- Section 3102 - Report to Congressional committees
- Section 3103 - National Employment Conference
- Subchapter I - STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING TREATMENT OF RESOURCE RESTRAINTS (§§ 3111 - 3117)
- Subchapter II - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW (§§ 3131 - 3133)
- Subchapter III - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 3151 - 3152)
- Chapter 59 - RETAIL POLICIES FOR NATURAL GAS UTILITIES (§§ 3201 - 3211)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3201 - Purposes; coverage
- Section 3202 - Definitions
- Section 3203 - Adoption of certain standards
- Section 3204 - Special rules for standards
- Section 3205 - Federal participation
- Section 3206 - Gas utility rate design proposals
- Section 3207 - Judicial review and enforcement
- Section 3208 - Relationship to other applicable law
- Section 3209 - Reports respecting standards
- Section 3210 - Prior and pending proceedings
- Section 3211 - Relationship to other authority
- Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS POLICY (§§ 3301 - 3432)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 3301 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - WELLHEAD PRICING (§§ 3311 - 3333)
- Subchapter II - INCREMENTAL PRICING (§§ 3341 - 3348)
- Subchapter III - ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS (§§ 3361 - 3375)
- Subchapter IV - NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT POLICIES (§§ 3391 - 3394)
- Subchapter V - ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW (§§ 3411 - 3418)
- Subchapter VI - COORDINATION WITH NATURAL GAS ACT; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 3431 - 3432)
- Chapter 61 - SOFT DRINK INTERBRAND COMPETITION (§§ 3501 - 3503)
- Chapter 62 - CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE RELIEF (§§ 3601 - 3616)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3601 - Congressional findings and purpose
- Section 3602 - Conversion lending
- Section 3603 - Definitions
- Section 3604 - Exemptions
- Section 3605 - Notice of conversion and opportunity to purchase; responsibility of State and local governments
- Section 3606 - Federal Housing Administration mortgage or loan insurance; expedition of application process and...
- Section 3607 - Termination of self-dealing contracts
- Section 3608 - Judicial determinations respecting unconscionable leases
- Section 3609 - Void lease or contract provisions
- Section 3610 - Relationship of statutory provisions to State and local laws
- Section 3611 - Additional remedies
- Section 3612 - Concurrent State and Federal jurisdiction; venue; removal of cases
- Section 3613 - Limitation of actions
- Section 3614 - Waiver of rights as void
- Section 3615 - Nonexclusion of other statutory rights and remedies
- Section 3616 - Separability
- Chapter 63 - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION (§§ 3701 - 3722)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3701 - Findings
- Section 3702 - Purpose
- Section 3703 - Definitions
- Section 3704 - Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology
- Section 3704a - Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation
- Section 3704b - National Technical Information Service
- Section 3704b-1 - Recovery of operating costs through fee collections
- Section 3704b-2 - Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information
- Section 3705 - Cooperative Research Centers
- Section 3706 - Grants and cooperative agreements
- Section 3707 - National Science Foundation Cooperative Research Centers
- Section 3708 - Administrative arrangements
- Section 3709 - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-502, §9(a), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1795
- Section 3710 - Utilization of Federal technology
- Section 3710a - Cooperative research and development agreements
- Section 3710b - Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies
- Section 3710c - Distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies
- Section 3710d - Employee activities
- Section 3711 - National Technology and Innovation Medal
- Section 3711a - Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Section 3711b - Conference on advanced automotive technologies
- Section 3711c - Advanced motor vehicle research award
- Section 3712 - Personnel exchanges
- Section 3713 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 3714 - Spending authority
- Section 3715 - Use of partnership intermediaries
- Section 3716 - Critical industries
- Section 3717 - National Quality Council
- Section 3718 - President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness
- Section 3719 - Prize competitions
- Section 3720 - Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Section 3721 - Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing
- Section 3722 - Regional innovation program
- Chapter 64 - METHANE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (§§ 3801 - 3810)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3801 - Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy
- Section 3802 - Definitions
- Section 3803 - Duties of Secretary of Energy
- Section 3804 - Coordination with other Federal departments and agencies
- Section 3805 - Research and development activities
- Section 3806 - Demonstrations
- Section 3807 - Use of methane-fueled vehicles by Federal agencies and departments
- Section 3808 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1051(p), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 717
- Section 3809 - Authorization of appropriations; required funding
- Section 3810 - Relationship to other laws
- Chapter 65 - LIABILITY RISK RETENTION (§§ 3901 - 3906)
- Chapter 66 - PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE (§§ 4001 - 4053)
- Chapter 67 - ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY (§§ 4101 - 4111)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 4101 - Congressional findings and declaration of purposes
- Section 4102 - Arctic Research Commission
- Section 4103 - Duties of Commission; publication of guidelines; report to Congress
- Section 4104 - Cooperation with Commission
- Section 4105 - Administration
- Section 4106 - Implementation of Arctic research policy
- Section 4107 - Duties of Interagency Committee; report to Congress
- Section 4108 - Arctic research plan
- Section 4109 - Coordination and review of budget requests; Office of Science and Technology Policy; Office of...
- Section 4110 - Authorization of appropriations; new spending authority
- Section 4111 - Arctic” defined
- Chapter 68 - LAND REMOTE-SENSING COMMERCIALIZATION (§§ 4201 - 4292)
- Subchapter I - DECLARATION OF FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND POLICIES (§§ 4201 - 4204)
- Subchapter II - OPERATION AND DATA MARKETING OF LANDSAT SYSTEM (§§ 4211 - 4215)
- Subchapter III - PROVISION OF DATA CONTINUITY AFTER THE LANDSAT SYSTEM (§§ 4221 - 4228)
- Subchapter IV - LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE-SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS (§§ 4241 - 4246)
- Subchapter V - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 4261 - 4264)
- Subchapter VI - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 4271 - 4278)
- Subchapter VII - PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEATHER SATELLITES (§§ 4291 - 4292)
- Chapter 69 - COOPERATIVE RESEARCH (§§ 4301 - 4306)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 4301 - Definitions
- Section 4302 - Rule of reason standard
- Section 4303 - Limitation on recovery
- Section 4304 - Award of costs, including attorney's fees, to substantially prevailing party; offset
- Section 4305 - Disclosure of joint venture
- Section 4306 - Application of section 4303 protections to production of products, processes, and services
- Chapter 70 - COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH EDUCATION (§§ 4401 - 4408)
- Chapter 71 - PETROLEUM OVERCHARGE DISTRIBUTION AND RESTITUTION (§§ 4501 - 4507)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 4501 - Restitutionary amounts covered
- Section 4502 - Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts
- Section 4503 - Deposit of remainder of excess amount into Treasury as indirect restitution
- Section 4504 - Statute of limitation
- Section 4505 - Reports
- Section 4506 - Termination
- Section 4507 - Definitions
- Chapter 72 - SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH (§§ 4601 - 4632)
- Chapter 73 - EXPORT ENHANCEMENT (§§ 4701 - 4729)
- Chapter 74 - COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL (§§ 4801 - 4809)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 4801 - Findings and purpose
- Section 4802 - Council established
- Section 4803 - Duties of Council
- Section 4804 - Membership
- Section 4805 - Executive Director and staff
- Section 4806 - Powers of Council
- Section 4807 - Annual report
- Section 4808 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 4809 - Definitions
- Chapter 75 - NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK (§§ 4901 - 4913)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 4901 - Definitions
- Section 4902 - Interagency Trade Data Advisory Committee
- Section 4903 - Functions of Committee
- Section 4904 - Consultation with private sector and government officials
- Section 4905 - Cooperation among executive agencies
- Section 4906 - Establishment of Data Bank
- Section 4907 - Operation of Data Bank
- Section 4908 - Information on service sector
- Section 4909 - Exclusion of information
- Section 4910 - Nonduplication
- Section 4911 - Collection of data
- Section 4912 - Fees and access
- Section 4913 - Omitted
- Chapter 76 - IMITATION FIREARMS (§§ 5001)
- Chapter 77 - STEEL AND ALUMINUM ENERGY CONSERVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS (§§ 5101 - 5110)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 5101 - Findings and purposes
- Section 5102 - Definitions
- Section 5103 - Establishment of scientific research and development program to develop competitive manufacturing...
- Section 5104 - Protection of proprietary rights
- Section 5105 - Coordination
- Section 5106 - Repealed. Pub. L. 110-229, title VI, §602(c)(1), May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 853
- Section 5107 - Reports
- Section 5108 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 5109 - Relation of existing program
- Section 5110 - Drug-free workplace
- Chapter 78 - SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS (§§ 5201 - 5209)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 5201 - Findings and purposes
- Section 5202 - National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development
- Section 5203 - Department of Energy
- Section 5204 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Section 5205 - National Science Foundation
- Section 5206 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Section 5207 - Department of Defense
- Section 5208 - International cooperation
- Section 5209 - Technology transfer
- Chapter 79 - METAL CASTING COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH PROGRAM (§§ 5301 - 5309)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 5301 - Findings
- Section 5302 - Definitions
- Section 5303 - Establishment of program
- Section 5304 - Operation of program
- Section 5305 - Review
- Section 5306 - Industrial Advisory Board
- Section 5307 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 5308 - Protection of proprietary rights
- Section 5309 - Omitted
- Chapter 80 - FASTENERS (§§ 5401 - 5414)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 5401 - Findings
- Section 5402 - Definitions
- Section 5403 - Sale of fasteners
- Section 5404 to 5406 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-34, §4(a), June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 121
- Section 5407 - Manufacturers’ insignias
- Section 5408 - Remedies and penalties
- Section 5409 - Recordkeeping requirements
- Section 5410 - Relationship to State laws
- Section 5411 - Construction
- Section 5411a - Certification and accreditation
- Section 5411b - Applicability
- Section 5412 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-34, §10, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 123
- Section 5413 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-113, §11(j), Mar. 7, 1996, 110 Stat. 782
- Section 5414 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-34, §10, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 123
- Chapter 81 - HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (§§ 5501 - 5543)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 5501 - Findings
- Section 5502 - Purposes
- Section 5503 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 5511 - 5513)
- Subchapter II - AGENCY ACTIVITIES (§§ 5521 - 5528)
- Subchapter III - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING REVITALIZATION (§§ 5541 - 5543)
- Chapter 82 - LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY (§§ 5601 - 5672)
- Section 5601 - Transferred
- Section 5602 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-314, §6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444
- Subchapter I - LANDSAT (§§ 5611 - 5615)
- Subchapter II - LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS (§§ 5621 - 5625)
- Subchapter III - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (§§ 5631 - 5633)
- Subchapter IV - ASSESSING OPTIONS FOR SUCCESSOR LAND REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM (§§ 5641)
- Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 5651 - 5658)
- Subchapter VI - PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEATHER SATELLITES (§§ 5671 - 5672)
- Chapter 83 - TELEPHONE DISCLOSURE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION (§§ 5701 - 5724)
- Chapter 84 - COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS (§§ 5801 - 5808)
- Chapter 85 - ARMORED CAR INDUSTRY RECIPROCITY (§§ 5901 - 5904)
- Chapter 86 - CHILDREN'S BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY (§§ 6001 - 6006)
- Chapter 87 - TELEMARKETING AND CONSUMER FRAUD AND ABUSE PREVENTION (§§ 6101 - 6108)
- Chapter 87A - NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY (§§ 6151 - 6155)
- Chapter 88 - INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE (§§ 6201 - 6212)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6201 - Disclosure to foreign antitrust authority of antitrust evidence
- Section 6202 - Investigations to assist foreign antitrust authority in obtaining antitrust evidence
- Section 6203 - Jurisdiction of district courts of United States
- Section 6204 - Limitations on authority
- Section 6205 - Exception to certain disclosure restrictions
- Section 6206 - Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements
- Section 6207 - Conditions on use of antitrust mutual assistance agreements
- Section 6208 - Limitations on judicial review
- Section 6209 - Preservation of existing authority
- Section 6210 - Report to Congress
- Section 6211 - Definitions
- Section 6212 - Authority to receive reimbursement
- Chapter 89 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY (§§ 6301 - 6313)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6301 - Definitions
- Section 6302 - Purposes
- Section 6303 - Boxing matches in States without boxing commissions
- Section 6304 - Safety standards
- Section 6305 - Registration
- Section 6306 - Review
- Section 6307 - Reporting
- Section 6307a - Contract requirements
- Section 6307b - Protection from coercive contracts
- Section 6307c - Sanctioning organizations
- Section 6307d - Required disclosures to State boxing commissions by sanctioning organizations
- Section 6307e - Required disclosures for promoters
- Section 6307f - Required disclosures for judges and referees
- Section 6307g - Confidentiality
- Section 6307h - Judges and referees
- Section 6308 - Conflicts of interest
- Section 6309 - Enforcement
- Section 6310 - Notification of supervising boxing commission
- Section 6311 - Studies
- Section 6312 - Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian reservations
- Section 6313 - Relationship with State law
- Chapter 90 - PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (§§ 6401 - 6411)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6401 - Findings
- Section 6402 - Definitions
- Section 6403 - Referenda
- Section 6404 - Propane Education and Research Council
- Section 6405 - Assessments
- Section 6406 - Compliance
- Section 6407 - Lobbying restrictions
- Section 6408 - Market survey and consumer protection
- Section 6409 - Pricing
- Section 6410 - Relation to other programs
- Section 6411 - Reports
- Chapter 91 - CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION (§§ 6501 - 6506)
- Chapter 91A - PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR CHILDREN (§§ 6551 - 6555)
- Chapter 92 - YEAR 2000 COMPUTER DATE CHANGE (§§ 6601 - 6617)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6601 - Findings and purposes
- Section 6602 - Definitions
- Section 6603 - Application of chapter
- Section 6604 - Punitive damages limitations
- Section 6605 - Proportionate liability
- Section 6606 - Prelitigation notice
- Section 6607 - Pleading requirements
- Section 6608 - Duty to mitigate
- Section 6609 - Application of existing impossibility or commercial impracticability doctrines
- Section 6610 - Damages limitation by contract
- Section 6611 - Damages in tort claims
- Section 6612 - State of mind; bystander liability; control
- Section 6613 - Appointment of special masters or magistrate judges for Y2K actions
- Section 6614 - Y2K actions as class actions
- Section 6615 - Applicability of State law
- Section 6616 - Admissible evidence ultimate issue in State courts
- Section 6617 - Suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns
- Chapter 93 - INSURANCE (§§ 6701 - 6781)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6701 - Operation of State law
- Subchapter I - STATE REGULATION OF INSURANCE (§§ 6711 - 6717)
- Subchapter II - REDOMESTICATION OF MUTUAL INSURERS (§§ 6731 - 6735)
- Subchapter III - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED AGENTS AND BROKERS (§§ 6751 - 6766)
- Subchapter IV - RENTAL CAR AGENCY INSURANCE ACTIVITIES (§§ 6781)
- Chapter 94 - PRIVACY (§§ 6801 - 6827)
- Chapter 95 - MICROENTERPRISE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM (§§ 6901 - 6910)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 6901 - Definitions
- Section 6902 - Establishment of program
- Section 6903 - Uses of assistance
- Section 6904 - Qualified organizations
- Section 6905 - Allocation of assistance; subgrants
- Section 6906 - Matching requirements
- Section 6907 - Applications for assistance
- Section 6908 - Recordkeeping
- Section 6909 - Authorization
- Section 6910 - Implementation
- Chapter 96 - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE (§§ 7001 - 7031)
- Chapter 97 - WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (§§ 7101 - 7110)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 7101 - Establishment of the Interagency Committee
- Section 7102 - Duties of the Interagency Committee
- Section 7103 - Membership of the Interagency Committee
- Section 7104 - Reports from the Interagency Committee
- Section 7105 - Establishment of the National Women's Business Council
- Section 7106 - Duties of the Council
- Section 7107 - Membership of the Council
- Section 7108 - Definitions
- Section 7109 - Studies and other research
- Section 7110 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 98 - PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING REFORM AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY (§§ 7201 - 7266)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7201 - Definitions
- Section 7202 - Commission rules and enforcement
- Subchapter I - PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD (§§ 7211 - 7220)
- Subchapter II - AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE (§§ 7231 - 7234)
- Subchapter III - CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY (§§ 7241 - 7246)
- Subchapter IV - ENHANCED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES (§§ 7261 - 7266)
- Chapter 99 - NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM (§§ 7301 - 7313)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7301 - National Construction Safety Teams
- Section 7302 - Composition of Teams
- Section 7303 - Authorities
- Section 7304 - Briefings, hearings, witnesses, and subpoenas
- Section 7305 - Additional powers
- Section 7306 - Disclosure of information
- Section 7307 - National Construction Safety Team report
- Section 7308 - National Institute of Standards and Technology actions
- Section 7309 - National Institute of Standards and Technology annual report
- Section 7310 - Advisory committee
- Section 7311 - Additional applicability
- Section 7312 - Construction
- Section 7313 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 100 - CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 7401 - 7411)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7401 - Findings
- Section 7402 - Definitions
- Section 7403 - National Science Foundation research
- Section 7404 - National Science Foundation computer and network security programs
- Section 7405 - Consultation
- Section 7406 - National Institute of Standards and Technology programs
- Section 7407 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 7408 - National Academy of Sciences study on computer and network security in critical infrastructures
- Section 7409 - Coordination of Federal cyber security research and development
- Section 7410 - Grant eligibility requirements and compliance with immigration laws
- Section 7411 - Report on grant and fellowship programs
- Chapter 101 - NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 7501 - 7509)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7501 - National Nanotechnology Program
- Section 7502 - Program coordination
- Section 7503 - Advisory Panel
- Section 7504 - Triennial external review of the National Nanotechnology Program
- Section 7505 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 7506 - Department of Commerce programs
- Section 7507 - Department of Energy programs
- Section 7508 - Additional centers
- Section 7509 - Definitions
- Chapter 102 - FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS (§§ 7601 - 7610)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7601 - Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients
- Section 7602 - Immediate payment of fees in limited circumstances
- Section 7603 - Prescriber verification
- Section 7604 - Expiration of contact lens prescriptions
- Section 7605 - Content of advertisements and other representations
- Section 7606 - Prohibition of certain waivers
- Section 7607 - Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission
- Section 7608 - Violations
- Section 7609 - Study and report
- Section 7610 - Definitions
- Chapter 103 - CONTROLLING THE ASSAULT OF NON-SOLICITED PORNOGRAPHY AND MARKETING (§§ 7701 - 7713)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7701 - Congressional findings and policy
- Section 7702 - Definitions
- Section 7703 - Prohibition against predatory and abusive commercial e-mail
- Section 7704 - Other protections for users of commercial electronic mail
- Section 7705 - Businesses knowingly promoted by electronic mail with false or misleading transmission information
- Section 7706 - Enforcement generally
- Section 7707 - Effect on other laws
- Section 7708 - Do-Not-E-Mail registry
- Section 7709 - Study of effects of commercial electronic mail
- Section 7710 - Improving enforcement by providing rewards for information about violations; labeling
- Section 7711 - Regulations
- Section 7712 - Application to wireless
- Section 7713 - Separability
- Chapter 104 - SPORTS AGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST (§§ 7801 - 7807)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 7801 - Definitions
- Section 7802 - Regulation of unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with the contact between an...
- Section 7803 - Enforcement
- Section 7804 - Actions by States
- Section 7805 - Protection of educational institution
- Section 7806 - Limitation
- Section 7807 - Sense of Congress
- Chapter 105 - PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS (§§ 7901 - 7903)
- Chapter 106 - POOL AND SPA SAFETY (§§ 8001 - 8008)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 8001 - Findings
- Section 8002 - Definitions
- Section 8003 - Federal swimming pool and spa drain cover standard
- Section 8004 - State swimming pool safety grant program
- Section 8005 - Minimum State law requirements
- Section 8006 - Education program
- Section 8007 - CPSC report
- Section 8008 - Applicability
- Chapter 107 - PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (§§ 8101 - 8131)
- Chapter 108 - STATE-BASED INSURANCE REFORM (§§ 8201 - 8232)
- Chapter 109 - WALL STREET TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY (§§ 8301 - 8344)
- Chapter 110 - ONLINE SHOPPER PROTECTION (§§ 8401 - 8405)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 8401 - Findings; declaration of policy
- Section 8402 - Prohibitions against certain unfair and deceptive Internet sales practices
- Section 8403 - Negative option marketing on the Internet
- Section 8404 - Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission
- Section 8405 - Enforcement by State attorneys general
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