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[CITE: 15USC1516a]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                   CHAPTER 40--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
Sec. 1516a. Statistics relating to social, health, and economic 
        conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent
        
    The Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Department 
of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture shall 
each collect, and publish regularly, statistics which indicate the 
social, health, and economic condition of Americans of Spanish origin or 
descent.

(Pub. L. 94-311, Sec. 2, June 16, 1976, 90 Stat. 688; Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                         Change of Name

    ``Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted for 
``Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.


 Development of Program for the Collection, Analysis and Publication of 
                                  Data

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 94-311 provided that: ``The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
Commerce and with the heads of other data-gathering Federal agencies, 
shall develop a Government-wide program for the collection, analysis, 
and publication of data with respect to Americans of Spanish origin or 
descent.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 7 section 2276.