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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology

§ 278c. Acquisition of land for field sites

Statutory text

To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated therefor, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to acquire land for such field sites as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein.

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. Pub. L. 85–890 § 1 · 72 Stat. 1711

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 278c

    (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 13, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 13, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

“Herein”, referred to in text, refers to act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, which is classified generally to this chapter.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 13 of act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, as added July 22, 1950, ch. 486, § 2, 64 Stat. 373, related to acceptance of gifts and bequests, prior to repeal by act . See sections 1522 and 1523 of this title.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 13, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, , 72 Stat. 1711.)

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