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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology

§ 273a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the “Under Secretary”).

(b)

Appointment

The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(c)

Compensation

The Under Secretary shall be compensated at the rate in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.

(d)

Duties

The Under Secretary shall serve as the Director of the Institute and shall perform such duties as required of the Director by the Secretary under this chapter or by law.

(e)

Applicability

The individual serving as the Director of the Institute on , shall also serve as the Under Secretary until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (b).

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.

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2010

    Pub. L. 111–358 title IV § 403(a) · 124 Stat. 3982

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 273a

    (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 4, as added Pub. L. 111–358, title IV, § 403(a), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4000.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 4, as added Pub. L. 111–358, title IV, § 403(a), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4000.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Establishment.— The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act is amended by inserting after section 3 the following: “SEC. 4. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. “(a) Establishment.— There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the ‘Under Secretary’). “(b) Appointment.— The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. “(c) Compensation.— The Under Secretary shall be compensated at the rate in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. “(d) Duties.— The Under Secretary shall serve as the Director of the Institute and shall perform such duties as required of the Director by the Secretary under this Act or by law. “(e) Applicability.— The individual serving as the Director of the Institute on the date of enactment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 shall also serve as the Under Secretary until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (b).” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4 of act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, 31 Stat. 1449, which was not classified to the Code, was repealed.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 4, as added Pub. L. 111–358, title IV, § 403(a), , 124 Stat. 4000.)

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