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[CITE: 15USC274]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
        CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 274. Director; powers and duties; report; compensation

    The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall have the general 
supervision of the Institute, its equipment, and the exercise of its 
functions. The Director shall make an annual report to the Secretary of 
Commerce. The Director may issue, when necessary, bulletins for public 
distribution, containing such information as may be of value to the 
public or facilitate the exercise of the functions of the Institute. The 
Director shall be compensated at the rate in effect for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. Until such time as the 
Director assumes office under this section, the most recent Director of 
the National Bureau of Standards shall serve as Director.

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 5, 31 Stat. 1449; Pub. L. 99-73, Sec. 6(a), 
July 29, 1985, 99 Stat. 172; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5112(c)(1), 
Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1431.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to appointment, powers and duties, and compensation 
of, and reports by, Director of the Institute for similar provisions 
relating to Director of the Bureau of Standards, striking out 
requirement that the annual report include an abstract of the work done 
during the year and a financial statement, and inserting provision that 
until such time as the Director assumes office under this section, the 
most recent Director of the National Bureau of Standards shall serve as 
Director.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-73 substituted ``The Director'' for ``He'' at 
beginning of second, third, and fourth sentences, and inserted 
provisions relating to compensation for the Director.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-73 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 6(c) 
of Pub. L. 99-73, set out as a note under section 5315 of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.
