15 USC § 190 - Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions

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title: "15 USC § 190 - Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "190"
section_name: "Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 23 Stat. 324; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)"
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# § 190. Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions

No part of the consular and other commercial reports of the Department of Commerce, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 23 Stat. 324; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Act , substituted “Department of Commerce” for “Department of Commerce and Labor”.

### Transfer of Functions

Act , transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.