15 USC § 191 - Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s191"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 191 - Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "191"
section_name: "Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. 813; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)"
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# § 191. Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports

All terms of measure, weight, and money in the diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports prepared, printed, published, and distributed by the Department of Commerce shall be reduced to and expressed in terms of measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. 813; 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.