Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 40 — Department of Commerce
§ 1508. General Counsel
Statutory text
There shall be in the Department of Commerce a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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. 58–716 § 1 · 33 Stat. 85
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1508
Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 135
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 135
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions of section that fixed the compensation of the General Counsel have been omitted as the position is under the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 592b of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments1952–1954 · 2 rounds
1954
Act , amended section generally, establishing a General Counsel in the Department of Commerce and a rate of compensation. See Codification note above.
1952
Act , redesignated Solicitor as General Counsel and provided that “all laws and orders relating or referring to the Solicitor shall be deemed to relate or refer to the General Counsel”.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Commerce, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Commerce, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out as a note under section 1501 of this title.
Order of Succession
For order of succession during any period when both Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Commerce are unable to perform functions and duties of office of Secretary, see Ex. Ord. No. 13242, , 66 F.R. 66260, listed in a table under section 3345 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1904–1954 · 3 acts
- 1904Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 135
- 1952July 17, 1952, ch. 932, § 2, 66 Stat. 758
- 1954Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 776, 68 Stat. 753.
Show as published
(Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 135; July 17, 1952, ch. 932, § 2, 66 Stat. 758; Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 776, 68 Stat. 753.)