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15 USC § 1505 - Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1505"
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title: "15 USC § 1505 - Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1505"
section_name: "Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 15, 1947, ch. 251, 61 Stat. 326.)"
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# § 1505. Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries

There shall be in the Department of Commerce one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary of Commerce may assign to his Assistant Secretaries such duties, including the direction of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, as he shall prescribe, or may be required by law. The Assistant Secretaries of Commerce shall be without numerical distinction of rank.

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**Source Credit**: (July 15, 1947, ch. 251, 61 Stat. 326.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Provisions of last sentence that fixed the compensation of the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce have been omitted as the positions are under the Executive Schedule under , Government Organization and Employees.

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by , , .

### Prior Provisions

Prior provisions for an additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce were contained in  (1st sentence), , as amended , . Said position was terminated by section 592a–1 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Section 8 of act , was subsequently repealed by , , , and , , .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Pursuant to powers transferred to Secretary of Commerce under Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out as a note under , Secretary has reassigned functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to other officers of Department.

### Order of Succession

For order of succession during any period when both Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Commerce are unable to perform functions and duties of office of Secretary, see Ex. Ord. No. 13242, , 66 F.R. 66260, listed in a table under , Government Organization and Employees.