§ 178. — Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC178]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5--STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 178. Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate
commerce and transportation
It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather and collate statistics and facts
relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States,
the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and
operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and
operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freight and
passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable
waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation
of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 352; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552,
Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 407;
Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; May 29, 1928, ch. 901,
Sec. 1(105), 45 Stat. 994.)
Amendments
1928--Act May 29, 1928, discontinued the report of Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce to Congress on commercial relations of the United
States.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
Act Aug. 23, 1912, transferred certain duties of Department or
Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury
Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
