Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 39 — Fair Packaging and Labeling Program
§ 1458. Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of regulations to States; noninterference with existing programs
Statutory text
A copy of each regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be transmitted promptly to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall (1) transmit copies thereof to all appropriate State officers and agencies, and (2) furnish to such State officers and agencies information and assistance to promote to the greatest practicable extent uniformity in State and Federal regulation of the labeling of consumer commodities.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair or otherwise interfere with any program carried into effect by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under other provisions of law in cooperation with State governments or agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions thereof.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Pub. L. 89–755 § 9 · 80 Stat. 1296
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1458
Pub. L. 89–755, § 9, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1301
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–755, § 9, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1301Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 9. cooperation with state authorities (a) A copy of each regulation promulgated under this Act shall be transmitted promptly to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall (1) transmit copies thereof to all appropriate State officers and agencies, and (2) furnish to such State officers and agencies information and assistance to promote to the greatest practicable extent uniformity in State and Federal regulation of the labeling of consumer commodities. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair or otherwise interfere with any program carried into effect by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under other provisions of law in cooperation with State governments or agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions thereof.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Credits
1966–1979 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 89–755, § 9, , 80 Stat. 1301; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.)