§ 1514. — Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1514]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 40--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec. 1514. Basic authority for performance of certain functions
and activities of Department
Appropriations are authorized for the following activities of the
Department of Commerce:
(a) furnishing to employees of the Department of Commerce and
other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force
personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or supplies are
not available and upon request of the service concerned), and their
dependents, in Alaska and other points outside the continental
United States, free emergency medical services by contract or
otherwise and free emergency medical supplies, where in the judgment
of the Secretary furnishing of such supplies and services is
necessary;
(b) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce,
purchasing, transporting, storing, and distributing food and other
subsistence supplies for resale to employees of the Department of
Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air
Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or
supplies are not available and upon request of the service
concerned), and their dependents, in Alaska and other points outside
the continental United States at a reasonable value as determined by
the Secretary of Commerce, the proceeds from such resales to be
credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure was made;
(c) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, the
establishment, maintenance, and operation of messing facilities, by
contract or otherwise, in Alaska and other points outside the
continental United States where suitable family facilities are not
available, such service to be furnished to employees of the
Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army,
Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force
facilities are not available and upon request of the service
concerned), and their dependents, in accordance with regulations
established by the Secretary of Commerce, and at a reasonable value
determined in accordance therewith, the proceeds from the furnishing
of such services to be credited to the appropriation from which the
expenditures are made;
(d) reimbursement, under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, of officers and employees in or under the Department of
Commerce, for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies
furnished by them in emergencies for the temporary relief of
distressed persons in remote localities;
(e) providing motion-picture equipment and film for recreation
of crews of vessels of the National Ocean Survey, for recreation of
employees in remote localities where such facilities are not
available, and for training purposes;
(f) erecting, altering, repairing, equipping, furnishing, and
maintaining, by contract or otherwise, such living and working
quarters and facilities as may be necessary to carry out its
authorized work at remote localities not on foreign soil where such
living and working accommodations are not otherwise available.
(Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 733, 63 Stat. 907; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076,
Sec. 1(11), 68 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 93-608, Sec. 1(3), Jan. 2, 1975, 88
Stat. 1967.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 596a of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
1975--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-608 struck out proviso requiring an
annual report to Congress of the total expenditures made for such
supplies and total proceeds from resales.
1954--Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 30, 1954, struck out proviso requiring
the Secretary of Commerce to submit annually to Congress a report
showing the expenditures for the establishment, maintenance, and
operation of messing facilities in Alaska and other points outside the
continental United States.
Change of Name
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather Bureau
in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg.
Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318.
Environmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its
personnel, property, records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3,
1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out as a note under section 1511
of this title. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970,
Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes
under section 311 of this title.
