All duties performed and all power and authority possessed or exercised by the head of any executive department in and over any bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce, or any business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, or in relation to the duties performed by and authority conferred by law upon such bureau, officer, office, board, branch, or division of the public service, whether of an appellate or revisory character or otherwise, shall be vested in and exercised by the Secretary of Commerce.
Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 1032 Stat. 829(, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 599 of Title 5Pub. L. 89–55480 Stat. 378Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 14137 Stat. 736, , provided that the Department of Commerce and Labor and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were to be thereafter called the Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce and that the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor (act ) was amended accordingly.
Government Interest in Patents
section 266 of Title 35For duties and powers of Secretary of Commerce with respect to interest of Government in patents, see executive orders set out as notes under , Patents.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1263section 1501 of this titleFor transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Commerce, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Commerce, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out as a note under .