Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce
§ 1503b. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
Statutory text
There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere who shall serve as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 [5 U.S.C. App.] and perform such duties as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level III of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314).
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.
Pub. L. 99–659 title IV § 407(a) · 100 Stat. 3706
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1503b
(Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3739.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3739.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Under Secretary.— There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere who shall serve as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. App. 1) and perform such duties as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level III of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314). Post, p. 3740.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in text, is set out under section 1511 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Service by Incumbent Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(c), , 100 Stat. 3739, provided that:
“The individual serving on the date of enactment of this Act []—
“(A) as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall also serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (a) of this section [enacting this section]; and
“(B) as the Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall also serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (b) of this section [enacting section 1507(c) of this title].”