Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce
§ 1507c. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
Statutory text
There shall be in the Department of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce provided by law before , one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce who shall have the title Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and shall serve as the Deputy 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 and functions as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall prescribe. The Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere 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 IV of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5315).
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(b) · 100 Stat. 3706
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1507c
(Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3739.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–659, title IV, § 407(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3739.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Assistant Secretary.— There shall be in the Department of 15 USC 1507c. Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce provided by law before the date of enactment of this Act, one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce who shall have the title Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and shall serve as the Deputy 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 and functions as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall prescribe. The Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere 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 IV of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5315). 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
Individuals serving on , as Deputy Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to also serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, until successor is appointed, see section 407(c)(B) of Pub. L. 99–659, set out as a note under section 1503b of this title.