15 USC § 1506 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505

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title: "15 USC § 1506 - Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1506"
section_name: "Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 430.)"
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# § 1506. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505

July 2, 1954section 1505 of this title

There shall be on and after  in the Department of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of , relating to Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.

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**Source Credit**: (July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 430.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section constitutes the first sentence of section 304 of act . The second sentence of such section 304 repealed section 3 of Reorg. Plan 5 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, , set out as a note under , which established the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

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