15 USC § 279 - Absence of Director

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title: "15 USC § 279 - Absence of Director"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "279"
section_name: "Absence of Director"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)"
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# § 279. Absence of Director

In the case of the absence of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce may designate some officer of said Institute to perform the duties of the director during his absence.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1988— substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards” and “Institute” for “bureau”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

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