Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology
§ 278e. Functions and activities
Statutory text
In the performance of the functions of the Institute the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to undertake the following activities: (a) The purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards; (b) the care, maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Institute buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property; (c) the rental of field sites and laboratory, office, and warehouse space; (d) the purchase of reprints from technical journals or other periodicals and the payment of page charges for the publication of research papers and reports in such journals; (e) the furnishing of food and shelter without repayment therefor to employees of the Government at Arctic and Antarctic stations; (f) for the conduct of observations on radio propagation phenomena in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, the appointment of employees at base rates established by the Secretary of Commerce which shall not exceed such maximum rates as may be specified from time to time in the appropriation concerned, and without regard to the civil service and classification laws and sections 5542 to 5546 of title 5; (g) the erection on leased property of specialized facilities and working and living quarters when the Secretary of Commerce determines that this will best serve the interests of the Government; and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31.
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. 85–890 § 1 · 72 Stat. 1711
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 278e
Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 15, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 15, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711Pub. L. 92–317 § 3(e) · 86 Stat. 234
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 278e
Pub. L. 92–317 substituted, in cl. (b), “the care, maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Bureau buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property” for “the repair and alteration of buildings and other plant facilities”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–317 substituted, in cl. (b), “the care, maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Bureau buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property” for “the repair and alteration of buildings and other plant facilities”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(e) Such Act is further amended by revising section 15(b) 10 read 15 USC 278e. as follows: “(b) the care, maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Bureau buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property.”Technology Competitiveness Act
Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5115(a)(1) · 102 Stat. 1107
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 278e
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “functions of the Institute” for “functions of the National Bureau of Standards”
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 278e
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “Institute buildings” for “Bureau buildings”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “functions of the Institute” for “functions of the National Bureau of Standards” and “Institute buildings” for “Bureau buildings”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Act of March 3, 1901 (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended by striking “National Bureau of Standards”, “Bureau” and “bureau” wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “Institute”.National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–113 § 8(2) · 110 Stat. 775
Struck and inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 278e
Pub. L. 104–113 struck out “and” before “(g)” and inserted before period at end “; and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–113 struck out “and” before “(g)” and inserted before period at end “; and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in section 15— (A) by striking “Pay Act of 1945; and” and inserting in lieu thereof “Pay Act of 1945;”; and (B) by inserting “; and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, United States Code” after “interests of the Government”; and
4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
“Sections 5542 to 5546 of title 5” substituted in text for “titles II and III of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), , 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments1972–1996 · 3 rounds
1996
Pub. L. 104–113 struck out “and” before “(g)” and inserted before period at end “; and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31”.
1988
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “functions of the Institute” for “functions of the National Bureau of Standards” and “Institute buildings” for “Bureau buildings”.
1972
Pub. L. 92–317 substituted, in cl. (b), “the care, maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Bureau buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property” for “the repair and alteration of buildings and other plant facilities”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
NIST Campus Security
Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 113, , 130 Stat. 2993, which authorized the Department of Commerce Office of Security to directly manage the law enforcement and site security programs of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and required the Director of Security for NIST to provide an activities and security report to the Under Secretary for Standards and Technology and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, was repealed by Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title II, § 10246(c), , 136 Stat. 1492.
Credits
1901–1996 · 4 acts
- 1901Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 15, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, , 72 Stat. 1711
- 1972amended Pub. L. 92–317, § 3(e), , 86 Stat. 235
- 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 1433
- 1996Pub. L. 104–113, § 8(2), , 110 Stat. 779.
Show as published
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 15, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, , 72 Stat. 1711; amended Pub. L. 92–317, § 3(e), , 86 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(a)(1), , 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 104–113, § 8(2), , 110 Stat. 779.)