2016 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 7 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sec. 273a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
15 U.S.C. § 273a (2016) |
§273a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology |
(a) Establishment
There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the "Under Secretary"). (b) AppointmentThe Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (c) CompensationThe Under Secretary shall be compensated at the rate in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5. (d) DutiesThe Under Secretary shall serve as the Director of the Institute and shall perform such duties as required of the Director by the Secretary under this chapter or by law. (e) ApplicabilityThe individual serving as the Director of the Institute on January 4, 2011, shall also serve as the Under Secretary until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (b). |
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, §4, as added Pub. L. 111–358, title IV, §403(a), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4000.) |
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 4 of act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, 31 Stat. 1449, which was not classified to the Code, was repealed. |
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Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 7 - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 273a - Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology |
section 273a |
2016 |
January 6, 2017 |
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31 Stat. 1449 124 Stat. 4000 |
Public Law 111-358 |