§ 278e. — Functions and activities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC278e]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 278e. Functions and activities
In the performance of the functions of the Institute the Secretary
of Commerce is authorized to undertake the following activities: (a) The
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards; (b) the care,
maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Institute buildings
and other plant facilities, equipment, and property; (c) the rental of
field sites and laboratory, office, and warehouse space; (d) the
purchase of reprints from technical journals or other periodicals and
the payment of page charges for the publication of research papers and
reports in such journals; (e) the furnishing of food and shelter without
repayment therefor to employees of the Government at Arctic and
Antarctic stations; (f) for the conduct of observations on radio
propagation phenomena in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, the
appointment of employees at base rates established by the Secretary of
Commerce which shall not exceed such maximum rates as may be specified
from time to time in the appropriation concerned, and without regard to
the civil service and classification laws and sections 5542 to 5546 of
title 5; (g) the erection on leased property of specialized facilities
and working and living quarters when the Secretary of Commerce
determines that this will best serve the interests of the Government;
and (h) the provision of transportation services for employees of the
Institute between the facilities of the Institute and nearby public
transportation, notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31.
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 15, as added Pub. L. 85-890, Sec. 1, Sept.
2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711; amended Pub. L. 92-317, Sec. 3(e), June 22,
1972, 86 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5115(a)(1), Aug. 23,
1988, 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 104-113, Sec. 8(2), Mar. 7, 1996, 110
Stat. 779.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in cl. (f), are set forth in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
The classification laws, referred to in cl. (f), are set forth in
chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and subchapter III (Sec. 5331 et seq.) of
chapter 53 of Title 5.
Codification
``Sections 5542 to 5546 of title 5'' substituted in text for
``titles II and III of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945'' on
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-113 struck out ``and'' before ``(g)'' and inserted
before period at end ``; and (h) the provision of transportation
services for employees of the Institute between the facilities of the
Institute and nearby public transportation, notwithstanding section 1344
of title 31''.
1988--Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``functions of the Institute'' for
``functions of the National Bureau of Standards'' and ``Institute
buildings'' for ``Bureau buildings''.
1972--Pub. L. 92-317 substituted, in cl. (b), ``the care,
maintenance, protection, repair, and alteration of Bureau buildings and
other plant facilities, equipment, and property'' for ``the repair and
alteration of buildings and other plant facilities''.
