15 USC § 1547 - Rules and regulations; employees

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title: "15 USC § 1547 - Rules and regulations; employees"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1547"
section_name: "Rules and regulations; employees"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 19, 1940, ch. 642, § 4, 54 Stat. 774; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 93–193, § 2, Dec. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 765.)"
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# § 1547. Rules and regulations; employees

In the performance of his functions and duties under the provisions of sections 1544 to 1548 of this title, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized—

**(a)** To prescribe, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary, and to accept contributions for carrying out the purposes of said sections; and

**(b)** To employ, subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, one special assistant and not to exceed five artists and illustrators.

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**Source Credit**: (July 19, 1940, ch. 642, § 4, 54 Stat. 774; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 93–193, § 2, Dec. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 765.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , Conservation.

Provisions of par. (b) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ “without regard to the civil-service laws” were omitted as such employment is subject to the civil service laws unless specifically excepted by those laws or by laws enacted subsequent to Executive Order 8743, , issued by the President pursuant to the , , which covered most excepted positions into the classified (competitive) civil service. The Order is set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

“Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted in par. (b) for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5.

### Amendments

1949—Par. (b). Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeals

, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , § 8, , 655.

### Transfer of Functions

Secretary of Commerce substituted for Secretary of the Interior in view of transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by . See Transfer of Functions note set out under .