§ 312. Employees

Statutory text

The National Weather Service shall consist of such civilian employees as Congress may annually provide for and as may be necessary to properly perform the duties devolving on said Service by law.

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.

1890
Pub. L. 51–1266 § 4 · 26 Stat. 653
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 312
Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 4, 26 Stat. 653
Source evidence
Code source credit
Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 4, 26 Stat. 653
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. That the Weather’ Bureau shall hereafter consist of one Force of Weather Bureau. Chief of Weather Bureau and such civilian employees as Congress may annually provide for and as may be necessary to properly perform the duties devolving on said bureau by law, and the chief of said bureau shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand Compensation of Chief. five hundred dollars, and be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, That the Chief Signal Proviso. Officer of the Army may, in the discretion of the President, lie detailed to take charge of said bureau, and in like manner other officers Details from Army. of the Army, not exceeding four, expert in the duties of the weather service may be assigned to duty with the Weather Bureau, and while so serving shall receive the pay and allowances to which they are entitled by law.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeals

Joint Res. July 8, 1898, provided: “That the laws authorizing the detail and assignment of the officers of the Army to duty in the Weather Bureau be, and are hereby, repealed.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished and Weather Bureau consolidated with Coast and Geodetic Survey to form new agency in Department of Commerce known as Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 311 of this title. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to Secretary of Commerce functions of Bureau and Chief of Bureau. Subsequently, Environmental Science Services Administration abolished and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established. By Department Organization Order 25–5A, Secretary delegated to NOAA his functions under this chapter of the Code. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, organizational name of Weather Bureau changed to National Weather Service. For further details, see Codification note set out under section 311 of this title.

Credits

1890–1970 · 4 acts

1890Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 4, 26 Stat. 653
1898July 8, 1898, No. 57, 30 Stat. 752
19651965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318
19701970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.

Show as published

(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 4, 26 Stat. 653; July 8, 1898, No. 57, 30 Stat. 752; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)