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[CITE: 15USC312]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                   CHAPTER 9--NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
 
Sec. 312. Employees

    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.

(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, Sec. 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.)


                                 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Bureau be, and are hereby, repealed.''

                          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.
