15 USC § 1515 - Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce

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title: "15 USC § 1515 - Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1515"
section_name: "Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce"
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: "(Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4 (part), 32 Stat. 826.)"
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# § 1515. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce

The official records and papers on file in and pertaining exclusively to the business of any bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce, together with the furniture in use in such bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service, are transferred to the Department of Commerce.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4 (part), 32 Stat. 826.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Section is based on the second par. of section 4 of act . The first par. of section 4 is classified to sections 1511 and 1516 of this title.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

, , provided that the Department of Commerce and Labor and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were to be thereafter called the Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce and that the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor (act ) was amended accordingly.