§ 143. — Registrar; designation; station; supervision by Secretary of Commerce.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC143]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 4--CHINA TRADE
Sec. 143. Registrar; designation; station; supervision by
Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce may authorize such Foreign Service officer
as Secretary of State shall make available to perform duties of China
Trade Act Registrar under his direction. The official station of the
registrar shall be in China at a place to be designated by the
Secretary. All functions vested in the registrar by this chapter shall
be administered by him under the supervision of the Secretary; except
that upon appeal to the Secretary in such manner as he shall by
regulation prescribe, any action of the registrar may be affirmed,
modified, or set aside by the Secretary as he deems advisable.
(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, Sec. 3, 42 Stat. 850; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 1(d), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1431.)
Transfer of Functions
Secretary of Commerce may authorize such Foreign Service officer as
Secretary of State shall make available to perform duties of China Trade
Act Registrar under direction of Secretary of Commerce to conform to
1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Responsibilities of Secretary of Commerce with regard to China Trade
Act Registrar are exercised by Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Commerce in Domestic and International Business
Administration of the Department of Commerce, with the power of
redelegation.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 142 of this title; title 18
section 6001.
