Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 — Weights and Measures and Standard Time
§ 205f. Duties of Board
Statutory text
In carrying out its duties under this subchapter, the Board may—
establish an Executive Committee, and such other committees as it deems desirable;
establish such committees and advisory panels as it deems necessary to work with the various sectors of the Nation’s economy and with Federal and State governmental agencies in the development and implementation of detailed conversion plans for those sectors. The Board may reimburse, to the extent authorized by law, the members of such committees;
conduct hearings at such times and places as it deems appropriate;
enter into contracts, in accordance with chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, with Federal or State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties;
delegate to the Executive Director such authority as it deems advisable; and
perform such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the duties prescribed by this subchapter.
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.
Metric Conversion Act of 1975
Pub. L. 94–168 § 7 · 89 Stat. 1007
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 205f
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 7, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 7, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1011.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. In carrying out its duties under this Act, the Board may— 15 USC 205f. Committees, establishment. (1) establish an Executive Committee, and such other committees as it deems desirable; (2) establish such committees and advisory panels as it deems necessary to work with the various sectors of the Nation’s economy and with Federal and State governmental agencies in the development and implementation of detailed conversion plans for those sectors. The Board may reimburse, to the extent authorized by law, the members of such committees; (3) conduct hearings at such times and places as it deems Hearings. appropriate; (4) enter into contracts, in accordance with the Federal Contracts. Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), with Federal or State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties; (5) delegate to the Executive Director such authority as it deems advisable; and (6) perform such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the duties prescribed by this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
In par. (4), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), , 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), , 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.