Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology
§ 279. Absence of Director
Statutory text
In the case of the absence of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce may designate some officer of said Institute to perform the duties of the director during his absence.
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. 61–237 § 1 · 36 Stat. 1170
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 279
Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231Technology Competitiveness Act
Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5115(c) · 102 Stat. 1107
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 279
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards”
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 279
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “Institute” for “bureau”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards” and “Institute” for “bureau”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Amendments to Other Laws.— References in any other Federal 15 USC 271 note. law to the National Bureau of Standards shall be deemed to refer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards” and “Institute” for “bureau”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary of Commerce and Labor”.
Credits
1911–1988 · 3 acts
- 1911Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231
- 1913Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736
- 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), , 102 Stat. 1433.
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(Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), , 102 Stat. 1433.)