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[CITE: 15USC175]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
            CHAPTER 5--STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
 
Sec. 175. Additional duties of Bureau

    It shall be the province and duty of the Bureau of Foreign and 
Domestic Commerce, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, to 
foster, promote, and develop the various manufacturing industries of the 
United States, and markets for the same at home and abroad, domestic and 
foreign, by gathering, compiling, publishing, and supplying all 
available and useful information concerning such industries and such 
markets, and by such other methods and means as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of Commerce or provided by law.

(Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec. 5, 32 Stat. 827; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, 
Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 100; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 
4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title 
XI, Sec. 1131(23), 60 Stat. 1037.)


                               Amendments

    1946--Act Aug. 13, 1946, repealed last sentence relating to duties 
of consular officers with respect to the Bureau.

                         Change of Name

    Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted the ``Secretary of Commerce'' for 
``Secretary of Commerce and Labor''.


                    Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

    Amendment by act Aug. 13, 1946, effective three months from Aug. 13, 
1946, see section 1141 of that act.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
    Act Aug. 23, 1912, transferred certain duties of Department or 
Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
    Act Apr. 5, 1906, abolished the grade of commercial agent and 
commercial agent's function of helping to gather foreign trade 
information, reference to which formerly appeared in the last sentence 
of this section. Such last sentence was subsequently repealed by Act 
Aug. 13, 1946.
