§ 1671. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose


§ 44. Definitions

Commerce & Trade (antitrust, securities, consumer protection)


§ 645. Offenses and penalties


§80b–15. Validity of contracts


§ 1171. Definitions


§ 1681q. Obtaining information under false pretenses


§29. Appeals


§ 3431. Coordination with the Natural Gas Act


§ 717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders


§ 1501. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal


§ 2311. Applicability to other laws


§ 2618. Judicial review


§ 7241. Corporate responsibility for financial reports


§ 1056. Disclaimer of unregistrable matter


§ 3. Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal; combination a felony


§ 6801. Protection of nonpublic personal information


§ 766. Administrative provisions


§ 1692n. Relation to State laws


§ 644. Awards or contracts


§ 8. Trusts in restraint of import trade illegal; penalty


§2622. Employee protection


§ 1175. Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc., prohibited; exceptions


§ 57b. Civil actions for violations of rules and cease and desist orders respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices


§ 714m. Crimes and offenses


§ 1062. Publication


§ 1091. Supplemental register


§ 1667a. Consumer lease disclosures


§ 1693a. Definitions


§ 1069. Application of equitable principles in inter partes proceedings


§ 2303. Designation of written warranties


§ 3901. Definitions


§80a–10. Affiliations or interest of directors, officers, and employees


§80a–8. Registration of investment companies


§ 15a. Suits by United States; amount of recovery; prejudgment interest


§80a–43. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits The district courts of the United States and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have jurisdiction of violations of this subchapter or the rules, regulations, or orders thereunder, and, concurrently with State and Territorial courts, of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this subchapter or the rules, regulations, or orders thereunder. Any criminal proceeding may be brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred. A criminal proceeding based upon a violation of section 80a–33 of this title, or upon a failure to file a report or other document required to be filed under this subchapter, may be brought in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant or maintains his principal office or place of business. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this subchapter or rules, regulations, or orders thereunder, may be brought in any such district or in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant or transacts business, and process in such cases may be served in any district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or transacts business or wherever the defendant may be found. In any action or proceeding instituted by the Commission under this subchapter in a United States district court for any judicial district, a subpoena issued to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of documents or tangible things (or both) at a hearing or trial may be served at any place within the United States. Rule 45(c)(3)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall not apply to a subpoena issued under the preceding sentence. Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in sections 1254, 1291, 1292, and 1294 of title 28. No costs shall be assessed for or against the Commission in any proceeding under this subchapter brought by or against the Commission in any court. The Commission may intervene as a party in any action or suit to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any noncompliance with, section 80a–35(b) of this title at any stage of such action or suit prior to final judgment therein. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §44, 54 Stat. 844 ; Pub. L. 91–547, §22, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1430 ; Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, §929E(c), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1853 .)


§ 3416. Judicial review


§ 7001. General rule of validity


§ 7201. Definitions


§ 1191. Definitions


§ 687. Operation and regulation of companies


§ 1312. Civil investigative demands


§ 1679b. Prohibited practices


§ 1691b. Promulgation of regulations by the Bureau


§ 681. Organization


§80a–33. Destruction and falsification of reports and records


§80b–9. Enforcement of subchapter


§ 1291. Exemption from antitrust laws of agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues


§ 1679a. Definitions


§ 3371. Authorization of certain sales and transportation


§ 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36


§ 6102. Telemarketing rules


§80a–20. Proxies; voting trusts; circular ownership


§ 1263. Prohibited acts


§ 1611. Criminal liability for willful and knowing violation


§ 2058. Procedure for consumer product safety rules


§ 56. Commencement, defense, intervention and supervision of litigation and appeal by Commission or Attorney General


§ 661. Congressional declaration of policy


§80a–22. Distribution, redemption, and repurchase of securities; regulations by securities associations


§80b–1. Findings Upon the basis of facts disclosed by the record and report of the Securities and Exchange Commission made pursuant to section 79z–4 1 of this title, and facts otherwise disclosed and ascertained, it is found that investment advisers are of national concern, in that, among other things-


§ 1606. Determination of annual percentage rate


§ 1674. Restriction on discharge from employment by reason of garnishment


§ 1681d. Disclosure of investigative consumer reports


§ 1825. Violations and penalties


§ 2055. Public disclosure of information


§ 2060. Judicial review of consumer product safety rules


§ 7243. Forfeiture of certain bonuses and profits


§80b–14. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits


§ 1172. Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission


§ 2803. Trial and interim franchises


§375. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:


§80a–41. Enforcement of subchapter


§80a–7. Transactions by unregistered investment companies


§ 1262. Declaration of hazardous substances


§ 1643. Liability of holder of credit card


§ 646. Liens


§ 717n. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure


§ 3902. Risk retention groups


§ 5. Bringing in additional parties


§ 1719. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits


§ 2068. Prohibited acts


§ 2069. Civil penalties


§ 2615. Penalties


§ 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties


§ 1054. Collective marks and certification marks registrable


§ 1692j. Furnishing certain deceptive forms


§ 2056. Consumer product safety standards


§ 3601. Congressional findings and purpose


§ 3607. Termination of self-dealing contracts


§80a–47. Liability of controlling persons; preventing compliance with subchapter


§ 1059. Renewal of registration


§ 1335. Unlawful advertisements on medium of electronic communication


§ 13c. Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions


§ 1693b. Regulations


§ 1821. Definitions


§80a–46. Validity of contracts


§ 3414. Enforcement


§ 381. Imposition of net income tax


§ 6101. Findings


§ 687c. Injunctions and other orders


§80a–13. Changes in investment policy


§80b–13. Court review of orders


§ 1177. Confiscation of gambling devices and means of transportation; laws governing


§ 1681k. Public record information for employment purposes


§ 2079. Transfers of functions


§ 55. Additional definitions


§ 717e. Ascertainment of cost of property


§ 1824. Unlawful acts


§ 2607. Reporting and retention of information


§ 1067. Interference, opposition, and proceedings for concurrent use registration or for cancellation; notice; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board


§ 1225. State laws as affected


§ 2075. State standards


§ 2076. Additional functions of Consumer Product Safety Commission


§ 7246. Fair funds for investors


§80b–4. Reports by investment advisers


§ 1122. Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof


§ 1231. Definitions


§ 1311. Definitions


§ 1679g. Civil liability


§ 1707. Property report


§ 1313. Custodian of documents, answers and transcripts


§ 1314. Judicial proceedings


§ 2057. Banned hazardous products


§ 2617. Preemption


§ 2641. Congressional findings and purpose


§ 36. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on claim against person based on official action directed by local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official capacity


§ 376. Reports to State tobacco tax administrator


§ 376a. Delivery sales


§ 3905. Clarification concerning permissible State authority


§ 6. Forfeiture of property in transit


§ 633. Small Business Administration


§ 7901. Findings; purposes


§ 7903. Definitions


§80a–5. Subclassification of management companies


§ 1112. Classification of goods and services; registration in plurality of classes


§ 1173. Registration of manufacturers and dealers


§ 1693e. Preauthorized transfers


§ 1705. Information required in statement of record


§ 1801. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 2053. Consumer Product Safety Commission


§ 2054. Product safety information and research


§ 2614. Prohibited acts


§ 6105. Administration and applicability of chapter


§ 6802. Obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information


§80a–6. Exemptions


§ 1223. Limitations


§ 1676. Enforcement by Secretary of Labor


§ 1681l. Restrictions on investigative consumer reports


§ 2074. Private remedies


§ 3001. Congressional findings and policy


§ 3004. Regulation of interstate off-track wagering


§ 3411. General rulemaking authority


§ 4502. Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts


§ 714c. Specific powers of Corporation


§ 717s. Enforcement of chapter


§80a–42. Court review of orders


§ 1094. Provisions of chapter applicable to registrations on supplemental register


§ 1536. Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels


§ 1633. Exemption for State-regulated transactions


§ 1691d. Applicability of other laws


§ 1704. Registration of subdivisions


§ 1715. Administration


§ 1802. Definitions


§ 1803. Antitrust exemptions


§ 3603. Definitions


§ 62. Export trade and antitrust legislation


§ 7902. Prohibition on bringing of qualified civil liability actions in Federal or State court


§80a–36. Larceny and embezzlement Whoever steals, unlawfully abstracts, unlawfully and willfully converts to his own use or to the use of another, or embezzles any of the moneys, funds, securities, credits, property, or assets of any registered investment company shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 80a–48 of this title. A judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution under this section for the same act or acts. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §37, 54 Stat. 841 .)


§ 1193. Flammability standards or regulations


§ 15f. Actions by Attorney General


§ 1634. Effect of subsequent occurrence


§ 1667b. Lessee’s liability on expiration or termination of lease


§ 1677. Effect on State laws


§ 1679c. Disclosures


§ 1681u. Disclosures to FBI for counterintelligence purposes


§ 1693q. Relation to State laws


§ 2073. Additional enforcement of product safety rules and section 2064 orders


§ 2603. Testing of chemical substances and mixtures


§ 2620. Citizens’ petitions


§ 6809. Definitions


§ 683. Borrowing operations


§ 717m. Investigations by Commission


§ 1068. Action of Director in interference, opposition, and proceedings for concurrent use registration or for cancellation


§ 1264. Penalties; exceptions


§ 1471. Definitions


§ 1642. Issuance of credit cards


§ 1667d. Civil liability of lessors


§ 4501. Restitutionary amounts covered


§ 791. Congressional declaration of purpose


§80a–12. Functions and activities of investment companies


§80a–29. Reports and financial statements of investment companies and affiliated persons


§ 1092. Publication; not subject to opposition; cancellation


§ 1129. Transferred


§ 1194. Administration and enforcement


§ 1226. Motor vehicle franchise contract dispute resolution process


§ 1681f. Disclosures to governmental agencies


§ 1714. Investigations, injunctions, and prosecution of offenses


§ 2065. Inspection and recordkeeping


§ 2602. Definitions


§ 298. Violations of law


§ 3002. Definitions


§ 3391. Natural gas for essential agricultural uses


§ 3412. Administrative procedure


§ 4406. Preemption


§ 6805. Enforcement


§ 717i. Periodic and special reports


§719. Congressional findings The Congress finds and declares that-


§80a–18. Capital structure of investment companies


§ 1066. Interference; declaration by Director


§ 11. Forfeiture of property in transit


§ 1192. Prohibited transactions


§ 1265. Seizures


§ 1451. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 1708. Certification of substantially equivalent State law


§ 24. Liability of directors and agents of corporation


§ 3501. Exclusive territorial licenses to manufacture, distribute, and sell trademarked soft drink products; ultimate resale to consumers; substantial and effective competition


§ 3608. Judicial determinations respecting unconscionable leases


§377. Penalties


§ 3903. Purchasing groups


§ 684. Equity capital for small-business concerns


§ 7006. Definitions


§ 7245. Rules of professional responsibility for attorneys


§80a–9. Ineligibility of certain affiliated persons and underwriters


§ 1141. Definitions


§ 1195. Injunction and condemnation proceedings


§ 1203. Preemption of Federal standards


§ 1679f. Noncompliance with this subchapter


§ 1691c. Administrative enforcement


§ 1692l. Administrative enforcement


§ 1693f. Error resolution


§ 1693g. Consumer liability


§ 1706. Effective date of statements of record and amendments thereto


§ 1710. Court review of orders


§ 2061. Imminent hazards


§ 2071. Injunctive enforcement and seizure


§ 3710a. Cooperative research and development agreements


§ 54. False advertisements; penalties


§ 7244. Insider trades during pension fund blackout periods


§ 793. Protection of public health and environment


§80b–5. Investment advisory contracts


§ 10. Bringing in additional parties


§ 1021. Congressional declarations


§ 1232. Label and entry requirements


§ 1241. Definitions


§ 1332. Definitions


§ 1454. Rules and regulations


§ 15d. Measurement of damages


§ 1612. Effect on government agencies


§ 1681j. Charges for certain disclosures


§ 1692p. Exception for certain bad check enforcement programs operated by private entities


§ 1717. Penalties for violations


§ 2063. Product certification and labeling


§ 2201. Congressional findings


§ 2610. Inspections and subpoenas


§ 3611. Additional remedies


§ 4402. Smokeless tobacco warning


§ 5001. Penalties for entering into commerce of imitation firearms


§ 6701. Operation of State law


§ 6804. Rulemaking


§ 682. Capital requirements


§ 694b. Surety bond guarantees


§ 719h. Judicial review


§7202. Commission rules and enforcement


§ 1267. Injunctions; criminal contempt; trial by court or jury


§ 1461. Effect upon State law


§ 1666a. Regulation of credit reports


§ 1666f. Inducements to cardholders by sellers of cash discounts for payments by cash, check or similar means; finance charge for sales transactions involving cash discounts


§ 1667f. Regulations


§ 1693c. Terms and conditions of transfers


§ 1693h. Liability of financial institutions


§ 1823. Horse shows and exhibitions


§ 2087. Whistleblower protection


§ 2402. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 272. Establishment, functions, and activities


§ 3005. Liability and damages


§ 3006. Civil action


§ 3432. Effect on State laws


§ 43. Office and place of meeting


§ 4401. Public education


§ 4504. Statute of limitation


§ 48. Information and assistance from departments


§ 57. Separability clause


§ 61. Export trade; definitions


§ 6104. Actions by private persons


§ 638. Research and development


§ 6603. Application of chapter


§ 6614. Y2K actions as class actions


§ 662. Definitions


§ 70. Definitions


§ 717g. Accounts; records; memoranda


§7211. Establishment; administrative provisions


§80a–26. Unit investment trusts


§80a–34. Unlawful representations and names


§80a–4. Classification of investment companies For the purposes of this subchapter, investment companies are divided into three principal classes, defined as follows:


§80b–17. Penalties Any person who willfully violates any provision of this subchapter, or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the Commission under authority thereof, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title II, §217, 54 Stat. 857 ; Pub. L. 86–750, §15, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 888 ; Pub. L. 94–29, §27(f), June 4, 1975, 89 Stat. 163 .)


§ 8131. Cyberpiracy protections for individuals


§ 1336. Authority of Federal Trade Commission; unfair or deceptive acts or practices


§ 1453. Requirements of labeling; placement, form, and contents of statement of quantity; supplemental statement of quantity


§ 15e. Distribution of damages


§ 1639a. Duty of servicers of residential mortgages


§ 1647. Home equity plans


§ 1649. Certain limitations on liability


§ 1666d. Treatment of credit balances


§ 1692o. Exemption for State regulation


§ 1828. Rules and regulations


§ 23. Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses


§ 2604. Manufacturing and processing notices


§ 2608. Relationship to other Federal laws


§ 3612. Concurrent State and Federal jurisdiction; venue; removal of cases


§ 3701. Findings


§ 3906. Injunctive orders issued by United States district courts


§ 4001. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose


§ 521. Fishing industry; associations authorized; “aquatic products” defined; marketing agencies; requirements


§ 6501. Definitions


§ 68. Definitions


§ 6803. Disclosure of institution privacy policy


§ 686. Aggregate limitations on amount of assistance to any single enterprise


§ 687a. Revocation and suspension of licenses; cease and desist orders


§ 687b. Investigations and examinations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts; examiners; reports


§7215. Investigations and disciplinary proceedings


§ 797. Enforcement


§80a–24. Registration of securities under Securities Act of 1933


§80b–7. Material misstatements It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any registration application or report filed with the Commission under section 80b–3 or 80b–4 of this title, or willfully to omit to state in any such application or report any material fact which is required to be stated therein. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title II, §207, 54 Stat. 853 .) Executive Documents Transfer of Functions For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 10 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out under section 78d of this title.


§ 9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure


§ 1014. Effect on other laws


§ 1123. Rules and regulations for conduct of proceedings in Patent and Trademark Office


§ 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices


§ 1273. Imports


§ 1335a. List of cigarette ingredients; annual submission to Secretary; transmittal to Congress; confidentiality


§ 1456. Enforcement


§ 15h. Applicability of parens patriae actions


§ 1637a. Disclosure requirements for open end consumer credit plans secured by consumer’s principal dwelling


§ 1664. Advertising of credit other than open end plans


§ 1675. Exemption for State-regulated garnishments


§ 1679d. Credit repair organizations contracts


§ 1693k. Compulsory use of electronic fund transfers


§ 2102. Private enforcement


§ 2309. Procedures applicable to promulgation of rules by Commission


§ 2451. Authority of Executive Director


§ 2613. Confidential information


§ 2681. Definitions


§ 26b. Application of antitrust laws to professional major league baseball


§ 2824. Relationship of statutory provisions to State and local laws


§ 2901. Findings


§ 313. Duties of Secretary of Commerce


§ 378. Enforcement


§ 391. Tax on or with respect to generation or transmission of electricity


§ 42. Employees; expenses


§ 4403. Ingredient reporting


§ 6151. National Do-Not-Call Registry


§ 6606. Prelitigation notice


§ 68b. Misbranded wool products


§ 70b. Misbranded and falsely advertised textile fiber products


§ 715. Purpose of chapter


§ 717t. General penalties


§ 719e. Presidential decision and report


§7217. Commission oversight of the Board


§ 764. Specific functions and purposes


§80a–48. Penalties Any person who willfully violates any provision of this subchapter or of any rule, regulation, or order hereunder, or any person who willfully in any registration statement, application, report, account, record, or other document filed or transmitted pursuant to this subchapter or the keeping of which is required pursuant to section 80a–30(a) of this title makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to prevent the statements made therein from being materially misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but no person shall be convicted under this section for the violation of any rule, regulation, or order if he proves that he had no actual knowledge of such rule, regulation, or order. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §49, 54 Stat. 846 ; Pub. L. 94–29, §27(e), June 4, 1975, 89 Stat. 163 .)


§ 1202. Exemptions


§ 1233. Violations and penalties


§ 1274. Remedies respecting banned hazardous substances


§ 1293. Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations


§ 1294. Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests


§ 1339. Injunction proceedings


§ 1472. Special packaging standards


§ 152. Reports; records for public inspection


§ 1525. Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical information; transcripts or copies; cost payments for special work; joint projects: cost apportionment, waiver


§ 1615. Prohibition on use of “Rule of 78’s” in connection with mortgage refinancings and other consumer loans


§ 1639f. Requirements for prompt crediting of home loan payments


§ 1639g. Requests for payoff amounts of home loan


§ 1645. Business credit cards; limits on liability of employees


§ 1679e. Right to cancel contract


§ 1679h. Administrative enforcement


§ 1692h. Multiple debts


§ 1822. Congressional statement of findings


§ 2066. Imported products


§ 2070. Criminal penalties


§ 2080. Limitations on jurisdiction of Consumer Product Safety Commission


§ 2082. Interim cellulose insulation safety standard


§ 2307. Designation of representatives by warrantor to perform duties under written or implied warranty


§ 2616. Specific enforcement and seizure


§ 2643. EPA regulations


§ 2822. Automotive fuel rating testing and disclosure requirements


§ 2823. Administration and enforcement provisions


§ 2902. Purpose


§ 297. Stamping plated articles


§ 3375. Filing of contracts and agreements


§ 3392. Natural gas for essential industrial process and feedstock uses


§ 4301. Definitions


§ 4721. United States and Foreign Commercial Service


§ 6106. Definitions


§ 6301. Definitions


§ 6309. Enforcement


§ 6502. Regulation of unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with collection and use of personal information from and about children on the Internet


§ 657f. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans


§ 6601. Findings and purposes


§ 6806. Relation to other provisions


§ 687d. Conflicts of interest


§ 719f. Congressional review


§ 7242. Improper influence on conduct of audits


§ 7262. Management assessment of internal controls


§ 767. Transitional and savings provisions


§80a–16. Board of directors


§80a–30. Accounts and records


§80a–37. Rules, regulations, and orders


§ 1025. Printing of monthly publication by Joint Economic Committee entitled “Economic Indicators”; distribution


§ 1070. Appeals to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from decisions of examiners


§ 1095. Registration on principal register not precluded


§ 1113. Fees


§ 1176. Penalties


§ 1224. Antitrust laws as affected


§ 1242. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty


§ 1292. Area telecasting restriction limitation


§ 1341. Smoking, research, education and information


§ 1367. Repayments


§ 1459. Definitions


§ 1460. Savings provisions


§ 1476. Preemption of Federal standards


§ 1508. General Counsel


§ 1512. Powers and duties of Department


§ 1532. Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary


§ 1540. Cooperative agreements


§ 156. Dissolution of corporation; trustees


§ 15g. Definitions


§ 1639b. Residential mortgage loan origination


§ 1639c. Minimum standards for residential mortgage loans


§ 1639e. Appraisal independence requirements


§ 1665d. Reasonable penalty fees on open end consumer credit plans


§ 1666c. Prompt and fair crediting of payments


§ 1666h. Offset of cardholder’s indebtedness by issuer of credit card with funds deposited with issuer by cardholder; remedies of creditors under State law not affected


§ 1666i. Assertion by cardholder against card issuer of claims and defenses arising out of credit card transaction; prerequisites; limitation on amount of claims or defenses


§ 1681v. Disclosures to governmental agencies for counterterrorism purposes


§ 1712. Contrary stipulations void


§ 1713. Additional remedies


§ 1716. Unlawful representations


§ 1718. Rules, regulations, and orders


§ 1831. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2078. Cooperation with States and other Federal agencies


§ 2312. Effective dates


§ 260. Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary of Transportation


§ 2611. Exports


§ 2612. Entry into customs territory of the United States


§ 2623. Employment effects


§ 2625. Administration


§ 2642. Definitions


§ 2646. Contractor and laboratory accreditation


§ 2682. Lead-based paint activities training and certification


§ 2683. Identification of dangerous levels of lead


§ 2686. Lead hazard information pamphlet


§ 2689. Prohibited acts


§ 26a. Restrictions on the purchase of gasohol and synthetic motor fuel


§ 27. Effect of partial invalidity


§ 271. Findings and purposes


§ 2821. Definitions


§ 3007. Jurisdiction and venue


§ 3373. Effect of certain natural gas prices on indefinite price escalator clauses


§ 3502. Price fixing agreements, horizontal restraints of trade, or group boycotts


§ 4016. Protection conferred by certificate of review


§ 4302. Rule of reason standard


§ 4304. Award of costs, including attorney’s fees, to substantially prevailing party; offset


§ 501. Creation of body corporate; directors; principal office; agencies


§ 504. Powers of Foundation


§ 51. Effect on other statutory provisions


§ 6155. Prohibition of expiration date


§ 616a. Transferred


§ 65. Information required from export trade corporation; powers of Federal Trade Commission


§ 657. Oversight of regulatory enforcement


§ 6714. Expedited and equalized dispute resolution for Federal regulators


§ 685. Long-term loans to small-business concerns


§ 687e. Removal or suspension of management officials


§ 687f. Unlawful acts and omissions by officers, directors, employees, or agents


§ 68a. Misbranding declared unlawful


§ 692. Authority of Administration to guarantee payment of rentals by small business concerns under leases of commercial and industrial property


§ 696. Loans for plant acquisition, construction, conversion and expansion


§ 7002. Exemption to preemption


§ 70a. Violations of Federal Trade Commission Act


§ 71. “Person” defined


§ 714e. Capital stock; amount; interest


§ 714j. Utilization of associations and trade facilities


§ 717h. Rates of depreciation


§ 719c. Federal Power Commission reviews and reports


§ 7213. Auditing, quality control, and independence standards and rules


§ 7216. Foreign public accounting firms


§ 762. Establishment


§ 765. Transfer of functions


§ 796. Reporting of energy information


§80a–23. Closed-end companies


§80a–25. Reorganization plans; reports by Commission


§80a–27. Periodic payment plans


§80a–39. Procedure for issuance of orders


§80b–11. Rules, regulations, and orders of Commission


§ 1001. Prize-fight films as subjects of interstate or foreign commerce


§ 1002. Golden Gate Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel in performance of office business not subject to tolls


§ 1022. Economic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint committee; percentage rate of unemployment; definitions


§ 1023. Council of Economic Advisers


§ 1151. Purpose of chapter


§ 1174. Labeling and marking of shipping packages


§ 1196. Penalties


§ 1266. Hearing before report of criminal violation


§ 1268. Proceedings in name of United States; subpenas


§ 1340. Cigarettes for export


§ 1368. Records


§ 1452. Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition


§ 1473. Conventional packages, marketing


§ 151. Directors


§ 1511. Bureaus in Department


§ 1522. Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements


§ 1538. Notice of reprogramming


§ 1608. Views of other agencies


§ 1639d. Escrow or impound accounts relating to certain consumer credit transactions


§ 1661. Catalogs and multiple-page advertisements


§ 1679j. Relation to State law


§ 1681r. Unauthorized disclosures by officers or employees


§ 1681w. Disposal of records


§ 1693i. Issuance of cards or other means of access


§ 1693o. Administrative enforcement


§ 176a. Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau


§ 206. Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel


§ 2210. Reimbursement for costs of firefighting on Federal property


§ 2404. Definitions


§ 2511. Patents


§ 2609. Research, development, collection, dissemination, and utilization of information


§ 260a. Advancement of time or changeover dates


§ 261. Zones for standard time; interstate or foreign commerce


§ 262. Duty to observe standard time of zones


§ 2621. National defense waiver


§ 2647. Enforcement


§ 2651. Public protection


§ 2688. Control of lead-based paint hazards at Federal facilities


§ 278k. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership


§ 291. Stamping with words “United States assay”, etc., unlawful


§ 2921. Definitions


§ 2931. Findings and purpose


§ 2932. Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences


§ 2934. National Global Change Research Plan


§ 296. Standard of fineness of silver articles; deviation


§ 3116. Job training, counseling and reservoirs of employment projects


§ 315. Changes or assignment to duty


§ 330. Definitions


§ 3363. Emergency allocation authority


§ 3393. Establishment and implementation of priorities


§ 37. Immunity from antitrust laws


§ 3702. Purpose


§ 3719. Prize competitions


§ 37b. Confirmation of antitrust status of graduate medical resident matching programs


§ 3801. Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy


§ 4013. Issuance of certificate


§ 4303. Limitation on recovery


§ 45a. Labels on products


§ 5521. National Science Foundation activities


§ 5711. Federal Trade Commission regulations


§ 58. Short title


§ 6103. Actions by States


§ 6302. Purposes


§ 6308. Conflicts of interest


§ 634b. Primary functions of Office of Advocacy


§ 639. Reporting requirements and agency cooperation


§ 657a. HUBZone program


§ 6602. Definitions


§ 6807. Relation to State laws


§ 6827. Definitions


§ 68e. Condemnation and injunction proceedings


§ 68f. Exclusion of misbranded wool products


§ 69. Definitions


§ 694a. Definitions


§ 70e. Enforcement


§ 714p. Release of innocent purchasers of converted goods


§ 715m. Cooperation between Secretary of the Interior and Federal and State authorities


§ 719a. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 719g. Transportation system certificates, rights-of-way, permits, leases, or other authorizations


§ 719k. Equal access to facilities


§ 7214. Inspections of registered public accounting firms


§ 7219. Funding


§ 790. Establishment of Office of Energy Information and Analysis


§ 790a. National Energy Information System; information required to be maintained


§80a–32. Filing of documents with Commission in civil actions Every registered investment company which is a party and every affiliated person of such company who is a party defendant to any action or claim by a registered investment company or a security holder thereof in a derivative or representative capacity against an officer, director, investment adviser, trustee, or depositor of such company, shall file with the Commission, unless already so filed, (1) a copy of all pleadings, verdicts, or judgments filed with the court or served in connection with such action or claim, (2) a copy of any proposed settlement, compromise, or discontinuance of such action, and (3) a copy of such motions, transcripts, or other documents filed in or issued by the court or served in connection with such action or claim as may be requested in writing by the Commission. If any document referred to in clause (1) or (2)-


§80a–44. Disclosure of information filed with Commission; copies


§80a–49. Construction with other laws Except where specific provision is made to the contrary, nothing in this subchapter shall affect (1) the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.], the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.], the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 [15 U.S.C. 77aaa et seq.], or subchapter II of this chapter, over any person, security, or transaction, or (2) the rights, obligations, duties, or liabilities of any person under such Acts; nor shall anything in this subchapter affect the jurisdiction of any other commission, board, agency, or officer of the United States or of any State or political subdivision of any State, over any person, security, or transaction, insofar as such jurisdiction does not conflict with any provision of this subchapter or of any rule, regulation, or order hereunder. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §50, 54 Stat. 846 ; Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, §986(c)(4), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1936 .)


§80a–53. Election to be regulated as business development company


§80b–10. Disclosure of information by Commission


§80b–21. Effective date This subchapter shall become effective on November 1, 1940. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title II, §221, 54 Stat. 857 .)


§ 8401. Findings; declaration of policy


§ 8403. Negative option marketing on the Internet


§ 1015. “State” defined


§ 1022c. Inclusion of priority policies and programs in President’s Budget


§ 1061. Execution of acknowledgments and verifications


§ 1141e. Extension of protection of an international registration to the United States under the Madrid Protocol


§ 1141f. Effect of filing a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States


§ 1141k. Duration, affidavits and fees


§ 1153. Rules, regulations, and fees


§ 1157. Relation to other provisions


§ 1197. Guaranties


§ 1211. Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators without safety devices


§ 1214. “Interstate commerce” defined


§ 1245. Ballistic knives


§ 1269. Regulations


§ 1270. Examinations and investigations


§ 1271. Records of interstate shipment


§ 1272. Publicity; reports; dissemination of information


§ 1277. Labeling of art materials


§ 1278. Requirements for labeling certain toys and games


§ 1278a. Children’s products containing lead; lead paint rule


§ 1338. Criminal penalty


§ 1353. Selection of designated agency


§ 13b. Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus


§ 145. Certificate of incorporation


§ 1455. Procedure for promulgation of regulations


§ 1505. Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries


§ 1507. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties


§ 1513. Duties and powers vested in Department


§ 1514. Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department


§ 1523. Tax status of gifts and bequests of property


§ 1526. Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropriations or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts


§ 1531. Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration


§ 1539. Financial assistance


§ 157. Regulations and fees; disposition of fees and penalties


§ 158. False or fraudulent statements prohibited; penalties


§ 160. Maintenance of agent for service


§ 1651. Procedure for timely settlement of estates of decedent obligors


§ 1662. Advertising of downpayments and installments


§ 1663. Advertising of open end credit plans


§ 1665. Nonliability of advertising media


§ 1666b. Timing of payments


§ 1666e. Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor


§ 1666j. Applicability of State laws


§ 1667c. Consumer lease advertising; liability of advertising media


§ 1667e. Applicability of State laws; exemptions by Bureau from leasing requirements


§ 1679i. Statute of limitations


§ 1693n. Criminal liability


§ 175. Additional duties of Bureau


§ 1804. Reinstatement of joint operating arrangements previously adjudged unlawful under antitrust laws


§ 1827. Utilization of personnel of Department of Agriculture and officers and employees of consenting States; technical and other nonfinancial assistance to State


§ 1842. Authority for loan guarantees; terms and conditions


§ 201. Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural colleges


§ 204. Metric system authorized


§ 2055a. Publicly available consumer product safety information database


§ 2056a. Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products


§ 2056b. Mandatory toy safety standards


§ 2057c. Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specified phthalates


§ 2057e. Banning of crib bumpers


§ 205b. Declaration of policy


§ 2067. Exemption of exports


§ 207. Preparation of standards by Secretary of Commerce


§ 2077. Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels


§ 2081. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2083. Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules


§ 2103. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission


§ 21a. Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19, 1936 ; additional and continuing violations


§ 2203. Definitions


§ 2206. National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control


§ 2213. Annual conference


§ 2229. Firefighter assistance


§ 2306. Service contracts; rules for full, clear and conspicuous disclosure of terms and conditions; addition to or in lieu of written warranty


§ 240. Rules and regulations


§ 2403. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 2461. Audit, review, and evaluation


§ 2501. Congressional findings and policy


§ 2503. Duties of Secretary of Energy


§ 2626. Development and evaluation of test methods


§ 2645. Submission to State Governor


§ 266. Applicability of administrative procedure provisions


§ 2687. Regulations


§ 2697. Formaldehyde standards


§ 2701. Congressional findings and purpose


§ 2707. Patents and inventions; statutory provisions applicable; contracts or grants covered


§ 278g. International activities


§ 27a. Transferred


§ 2841. Study by Secretary of Energy


§ 2904. National Climate Program


§ 292. Forfeiture


§ 2933. United States Global Change Research Program


§ 2936. Scientific assessment


§ 2952. International discussions


§ 3003. Acceptance of interstate off-track wager


§ 3101. Congressional findings


§ 3102. Report to Congressional committees


§ 3103. National Employment Conference


§ 3113. Economic activity coordination


§ 312. Employees


§ 3131. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 3201. Purposes; coverage


§ 3202. Definitions


§ 330c. Authority of Secretary


§ 3361. Declaration of emergency


§ 3362. Emergency purchase authority


§ 3372. Assignment of contractual rights to receive surplus natural gas


§ 3374. Clauses prohibiting certain sales, transportation, and commingling


§ 3394. Limitation on revoking or amending certain pre-1969 certificates of public convenience and necessity


§ 3503. “Antitrust law” defined


§ 3613. Limitation of actions


§ 3710. Utilization of Federal technology


§ 383. “Net income tax” defined


§ 3904. Securities laws


§ 4002. Definitions


§ 4011. Export trade promotion duties of Secretary of Commerce


§ 4012. Application for issuance of certificate of review


§ 4014. Reporting requirement; amendment of certificate; revocation


§ 4015. Judicial review; admissibility


§ 4017. Guidelines


§ 431. Definitions


§4404. Enforcement, regulations, and construction


§ 4505. Reports


§ 4507. Definitions


§ 45c. Unfair and deceptive acts and practices relating to circumvention of ticket access control measures


§ 4606. Protection of information


§ 47. Reference of suits under antitrust statutes to Commission


§ 505. Report to Congress


§ 522. Monopolies or restraints of trade; service of complaint by Secretary of Commerce; hearing; order to cease and desist; jurisdiction of district court


§ 5408. Remedies and penalties


§ 5501. Findings


§ 5502. Purposes


§ 5712. Actions by States


§ 5723. Enforcement


§ 5901. Findings


§ 5902. State reciprocity of weapons licenses issued to armored car company crew members


§ 6004. Standards


§ 63. Acquisition of stock of export trade corporation


§ 6307b. Protection from coercive contracts


§ 6307e. Required disclosures for promoters


§ 631a. Congressional declaration of small business economic policy


§ 631b. Reports to Congress; state of small business


§ 637b. Availability of information


§ 637c. Definitions


§ 64. Unfair methods of competition in export trade


§ 640. Voluntary agreements among small-business concerns


§ 642. Requirements for loans


§ 647. Duplication of activities of other Federal departments or agencies


§ 6503. Safe harbors


§ 6504. Actions by States


§ 654. Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program


§ 657s. Limitations on subcontracting


§ 6604. Punitive damages limitations


§ 6605. Proportionate liability


§ 6607. Pleading requirements


§ 6608. Duty to mitigate


§ 671. Establishment; Associate Administrator; appointment and compensation


§ 6711. Functional regulation of insurance


§ 6758. Liability of the Association and the Board members, officers, and employees of the Association


§ 6781. Standard of regulation for motor vehicle rentals


§ 6821. Privacy protection for customer information of financial institutions


§ 6823. Criminal penalty


§ 687g. Penalties and forfeitures


§ 68d. Enforcement of subchapter


§ 6905. Allocation of assistance; subgrants


§ 697e. Premier Certified Lenders Program


§ 69a. Violations of Federal Trade Commission Act


§ 69b. Misbranded fur products


§ 69g. Condemnation and injunction proceedings


§ 7003. Specific exceptions


§ 7021. Transferable records


§ 70f. Injunction proceedings


§ 7105. Establishment of the National Women’s Business Council


§ 713c. Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation; continuance of existence; purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities


§ 714g. Board of Directors


§ 715a. Definitions


§ 717j. State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas


§ 717k. Officials dealing in securities


§ 717p. Joint boards


§ 717v. Separability


§ 717x. Conserved natural gas


§ 719j. Export limitations


§ 720a. Issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity


§ 720c. Pipeline expansion


§ 720e. Judicial review


§ 720n. Loan guarantees


§ 7261. Disclosures in periodic reports


§ 7263. Exemption


§ 7301. National Construction Safety Teams


§ 7306. Disclosure of information


§ 7311. Additional applicability


§ 7410. Grant eligibility requirements and compliance with immigration laws


§ 7451. Transferred


§ 75. Retaliation against country prohibiting importations


§ 76. Retaliation against restriction of importations in time of war


§ 7605. Content of advertisements and other representations


§ 790e. Coordination by Director of energy information gathering activities of Federal agencies


§ 790g. Access by Director to energy information


§ 792. Coal conversion and allocation


§ 794. Energy conservation study


§ 8002. Definitions


§ 8003. Federal swimming pool and spa drain cover standard


§ 8004. Swimming pool safety grant program


§80a–14. Size of investment companies


§80a–28. Face-amount certificate companies


§80a–31. Accountants and auditors


§80a–38. Procedure for issuance of rules and regulations Subject to the provisions of chapter 15 of title 44 and regulations prescribed under the authority thereof, the rules and regulations of the Commission under this subchapter, and amendments thereof, shall be effective upon publication in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe, or upon such later date as may be provided in such rules and regulations. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §39, 54 Stat. 842 .)


§80a–45. Reports by Commission; hiring and leasing authority


§80a–55. Qualifications of directors


§80a–56. Transactions with certain affiliates


§80a–59. Functions and activities of business development companies Notwithstanding the exemption set forth in section 80a–6(f) of this title, section 80a–12 of this title shall apply to a business development company to the same extent as if it were a registered closed-end investment company, except that the Commission shall not prescribe any rule, regulation, or order pursuant to section 80a–12(a)(1) of this title governing the circumstances in which a business development company may borrow from a bank in order to purchase any security. (Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §60, as added Pub. L. 96–477, title I, §105, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2285 .)


§80b–8. General prohibitions


§ 8111. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator


§ 8306. Determining status of novel derivative products


§ 8307. Studies


§ 8404. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission


§ 8705. Assessments


§ 1003. Authorization for free travel on Golden Gate Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices


§ 1004. Penalties


§ 1005. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel on official business exempted; Government personnel on Yerba Buena Island or Treasure Island exempted


§ 1006. Authorization for free travel on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices


§ 1007. Penalties


§ 1022a. Medium-term economic goals and policies respecting full employment and balanced growth


§ 1022b. Presentation of analysis respecting short-term and medium-term goals in Economic Report of President; mutually reinforcing means


§ 1022d. President’s Budget


§ 1022e. Inflation


§ 1022f. Advisory board or boards


§ 1024. Joint Economic Committee


§ 1066a. Ex parte expungement


§ 1066b. Ex parte reexamination


§ 1093. Registration certificates for marks on principal and supplemental registers to be different


§ 1096. Registration on supplemental register not used to stop importations


§ 1121a. Transferred


§ 1141a. International applications based on United States applications or registrations


§ 1141b. Certification of the international application


§ 1141c. Restriction, abandonment, cancellation, or expiration of a basic application or basic registration


§ 1141d. Request for extension of protection subsequent to international registration


§ 1141g. Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States


§ 1141h. Examination of and opposition to request for extension of protection; notification of refusal


§ 1141i. Effect of extension of protection


§ 1141j. Dependence of extension of protection to the United States on the underlying international registration


§ 1141l. Assignment of an extension of protection


§ 1141m. Incontestability


§ 1141n. Rights of extension of protection


§ 1152. Clearinghouse for technical information; removal of security classification


§ 1154. Reference of data to armed services and other Government agencies


§ 1155. General standards and limitations; preservation of security classification


§ 1156. Use of existing facilities


§ 1198. Shipments from foreign countries; demand for redelivery; claim for liquidated damages


§ 1199. Chapter as additional legislation


§ 1200. Persons excluded from operation of chapter


§ 1201. Study and investigation; research, development and training


§ 1204. Congressional veto of flammability regulations


§ 1212. Violations; misdemeanor; penalties


§ 1213. Publication of safety standards in Federal Register


§ 1243. Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty


§ 1244. Exceptions


§ 1275. Toxicological Advisory Board


§ 1276. Congressional veto of hazardous substances regulations


§ 1295. “Persons” defined


§ 1351. Declaration of purpose


§ 1352. Definitions


§ 1354. Five-year plan; annual technical services program


§ 1355. Conditions precedent to acceptance of plans and programs for review and approval by Secretary


§ 1356. Review and approval of plans and programs by Secretary


§ 1357. Interstate cooperation in administration and coordination of plans and programs


§ 1358. Consent of Congress for interstate compacts; reservation of right to alter, amend, or repeal


§ 1359. Advisory councils for technical services; appointment; functions; compensation and expenses


§ 1360. Appropriations and payments


§ 1361. Reference services to assist designated agencies to obtain information outside State


§ 1362. Rules and regulations


§ 1363. Prohibition against control over educational institutions; functions or responsibilities of other departments not affected


§ 1364. Annual report by designated agencies to Secretary; reports by Secretary to President and Congress


§ 1365. Public committee; appointment; functions; report


§ 1366. Termination of payments for noncompliance with law or diversion of funds


§ 141. Short title


§ 142. Definitions


§ 143. Registrar; designation; station; supervision by Secretary of Commerce


§ 144. China trade corporations


§ 144a. Incorporation fee for perpetual existence


§ 1458. Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of regulations to States; noninterference with existing programs


§ 146. General powers of corporation


§ 146a. Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act corporation


§ 147. Stock; issuance at par value


§ 1472a. Special packaging for liquid nicotine containers


§ 1474. Regulations for special packaging standards


§ 1477. Enforcement by State Attorneys General


§ 148. Payment of stock in real or personal property


§ 149. Bylaws


§ 150. Stockholders’ meetings


§ 1503a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs


§ 1503b. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation


§ 1506. Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505


§ 1507b. Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties


§ 1507c. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation


§ 1509. Designation of officer to sign routine papers


§ 1510. Clerical assistants


§ 1511b. United States fishery trade officers


§ 1511c. Estuarine Programs Office


§ 1511d. Chesapeake Bay Office


§ 1513a. Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in Department budget justification


§ 1513b. Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget justification


§ 1515. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce


§ 1516. Statistical information


§ 1516a. Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent


§ 1517. Transfer of statistical or scientific work


§ 1518. Custody of buildings; officers transferred


§ 1519. Annual and special reports


§ 1521. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement


§ 1521a. Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund


§ 1524. Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest


§ 1527. Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected


§ 1527a. Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund


§ 1528. Transferred


§ 1529. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands


§ 153. Dividends


§ 1530. Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


§ 1534. Assessment of fees for access to environmental data


§ 1537. Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution


§ 154. Investigations by registrar; revocation of certificate of incorporation


§ 1541. Administrative Law Judges


§ 1542. Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program


§ 1543. Task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth


§ 1544. Promotion of tourist travel


§ 1545. Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information


§ 1546. United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board


§ 1547. Rules and regulations; employees


§ 1548. Authorization of appropriations


§ 155. Authority of registrar in obtaining evidence


§ 159. Unauthorized use of legend; penalty


§ 161. Alteration, amendment, or repeal


§ 1613. Annual reports to Congress by Bureau


§ 1616. Board review of consumer credit plans and regulations


§ 162. Creation of China corporations restricted


§ 1638a. Reset of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages


§ 1639h. Property appraisal requirements


§ 1646. Dissemination of annual percentage rates; implementation, etc.


§ 1648. Reverse mortgages


§ 1650. Preventing unfair and deceptive private educational lending practices and eliminating conflicts of interest


§ 1665a. Use of annual percentage rate in oral disclosures; exceptions


§ 1665b. Advertising of open end consumer credit plans secured by consumer’s principal dwelling


§ 1665c. Interest rate reduction on open end consumer credit plans


§ 1665e. Consideration of ability to repay


§ 1666g. Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card


§ 1681x. Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited


§ 1691f. Annual reports to Congress; contents


§ 1692m. Reports to Congress by the Bureau; views of other Federal agencies


§ 1693d. Documentation of transfers


§ 1693j. Suspension of obligations


§ 1693l. Waiver of rights


§ 1693p. Reports to Congress


§ 1693r. Exemption for State regulation


§ 1717a. Civil money penalties


§ 172. Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations


§ 1720. Authorization of appropriations


§ 176. Collection of commercial statistics


§ 178. Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation


§ 182. Statistics of manufactures


§ 1824a. Export of horses


§ 1826. Notice of violations to Attorney General


§ 1829. Preemption of State laws; concurrent jurisdiction; prohibition on certain State action


§ 183. Report of statistics


§ 1841. Emergency Loan Guarantee Board; establishment; membership; voting


§ 1843. Limitations and conditions of loan guarantees


§ 1844. Security for loan guarantees


§ 1845. Requirements applicable to loan guarantees


§ 1846. Powers and duties


§ 1847. Maximum obligation


§ 1848. Emergency loan guarantee fund


§ 1849. Federal Reserve banks as fiscal agents


§ 1850. Protection of Government’s interest


§ 1851. Reports to Congress; recommendations


§ 1852. Termination date


§ 188. Publication of commercial information


§ 18b. Mergers involving foreign government subsidies


§ 190. Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions


§ 191. Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports


§ 196. Payments for rent of offices in foreign countries


§ 202. Repairs to standards


§ 203. Replacing lost standard weights and measures; cost


§ 205. Metric system defined


§ 2053a. Employee training exchanges


§ 2056c. Sulfur content in drywall standard


§ 2056d. Performance standards to protect against portable fuel container explosions near open flames or other ignition sources


§ 2056e. Consumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and consumer products containing such batteries


§ 2056f. Consumer product safety standard to protect against tip-over of clothing storage units


§ 2057a. Banning of butyl nitrite


§ 2057b. Banning of isopropal nitrite and other nitrites


§ 2057d. Banning of inclined sleepers for infants


§ 205a. Congressional statement of findings


§ 205c. Definitions


§ 205d. United States Metric Board


§ 205e. Functions and powers of Board


§ 205f. Duties of Board


§ 205g. Gifts, donations and bequests to Board


§ 205h. Compensation of Board members; travel expenses


§ 205i. Personnel


§ 205j. Financial and administrative services; source and reimbursement


§ 205k. Authorization of appropriations; availability


§ 205l. Implementation in acquisition of construction services and materials for Federal facilities


§ 2076a. Report on civil penalties


§ 2076b. Inspector General audits and reports


§ 208. Variations


§ 2084. Information reporting


§ 2085. Low-speed electric bicycles


§ 2086. Prohibition on industry-sponsored travel


§ 2088. Financial responsibility


§ 2089. All-terrain vehicles


§ 2090. Grant program for carbon monoxide poisoning prevention


§ 2101. Marking requirements


§ 2104. Imports


§ 2105. Application of other laws


§ 2106. Definitions


§ 2202. Declaration of purpose


§ 2204. United States Fire Administration


§ 2205. Public education


§ 2207. Fire technology


§ 2208. National Fire Data Center


§ 2209. Master plans


§ 2211. Review of fire prevention codes


§ 2212. Fire safety effectiveness statements


§ 2214. Public safety awards


§ 2215. Reports to Congress and President


§ 2216. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2217. Public access to information


§ 2218. Administrative provisions


§ 2219. Assistance to Consumer Product Safety Commission


§ 2220. Arson prevention, detection, and control


§ 2221. Arson prevention grants


§ 2223a. Review


§ 2223b. Working group


§ 2223c. Report and recommendations


§ 2223d. Annual revision of recommendations


§ 2223e. “Emergency response personnel” defined


§ 2224. Listings of places of public accommodation


§ 2225. Fire prevention and control guidelines for places of public accommodation


§ 2225a. Prohibiting Federal funding of conferences held at non-certified places of public accommodation


§ 2226. Dissemination of fire prevention and control information


§ 2227. Fire safety systems in federally assisted buildings


§ 2228. CPR training


§ 2229a. Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response


§ 2230. Surplus and excess Federal equipment


§ 2231. Cooperative agreements with Federal facilities


§ 2232. Burn research


§ 2233. Removal of civil liability barriers that discourage the donation of fire equipment to volunteer fire companies


§ 2234. Encouraging adoption of standards for firefighter health and safety


§ 2235. Investigation authorities


§ 2305. Full and limited warranting of a consumer product


§ 231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels


§ 232. Barrels below standard; marking


§ 233. Penalty for violations


§ 234. Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity


§ 235. Sale or shipment of barrel of less capacity than standard; punishment


§ 236. Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law not applicable to certain barrels


§ 237. Standard barrels for lime


§ 238. Penalty for selling in barrels not marked


§ 239. Sale in containers of less capacity than barrel


§ 2401. Congressional findings


§ 241. Penalty for selling lime in unmarked barrels and containers


§ 2411. Establishment


§ 2412. Board of Directors


§ 2413. Executive Director and Deputy Director


§ 2414. Functions of the Center


§ 2415. Powers of the Center


§ 2416. Contracts and other funding arrangements


§ 2417. Criteria for participating parties


§ 2418. Annual report


§ 242. Duty of United States attorney to enforce law


§ 2431. Liaison with Center


§ 2432. Internal review


§ 2433. Support of external activities


§ 2434. Internal productivity


§ 2435. Other statutory obligations


§ 2471. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2502. Definitions


§ 2504. Coordination between Secretary of Energy and other agencies


§ 2505. Research and development


§ 2506. Demonstrations


§ 2507. Contracts


§ 2508. Encouragement and protection of small business


§ 2509. Loan guarantees


§ 2510. Use of electric and hybrid vehicles by Federal agencies


§ 2512. Studies


§ 2514. Authorization for appropriations


§ 2627. State programs


§ 2628. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2629. Annual report


§ 263. Designation of zone standard times


§ 264. Part of Idaho in fourth zone


§ 2644. Requirements if EPA fails to promulgate regulations


§ 2648. Emergency authority


§ 2649. State and Federal law


§ 265. Transfer of certain territory to standard central-time zone


§ 2650. Asbestos contractors and local educational agencies


§ 2652. Asbestos Ombudsman


§ 2653. EPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings


§ 2654. Transitional rules


§ 2655. Worker protection


§ 2656. Training grants


§ 2661. National goal


§ 2662. Definitions


§ 2663. EPA citizen’s guide


§ 2664. Model construction standards and techniques


§ 2665. Technical assistance to States for radon programs


§ 2666. Grant assistance to States for radon programs


§ 2667. Radon in schools


§ 2668. Regional radon training centers


§ 2669. Study of radon in Federal buildings


§ 267. “State” defined


§ 2670. Regulations


§ 2671. Additional authorizations


§ 2684. Authorized State programs


§ 2685. Lead abatement and measurement


§ 2690. Relationship to other Federal law


§ 2691. General provisions relating to administrative proceedings


§ 2692. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2695. Grants for healthy school environments


§ 2695a. Model guidelines for siting of school facilities


§ 2695b. Public outreach


§ 2695c. Environmental health program


§ 2695d. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2702. Definitions


§ 2703. Advanced systems program implementation by Secretary of Energy


§ 2704. Evaluation by Secretary of Transportation on utilization of advanced technology by automobile industry


§ 2705. Coordinating and consulting requirements and authorities of Secretary of Energy


§ 2706. Informational and testing functions of Secretary of Energy


§ 2708. Comptroller General audit and examination of books, etc.; statutory provisions applicable; contracts or grants covered


§ 2709. Reports to Congress by Secretary of Energy


§ 2710. Authorization of appropriations


§ 272a. Technology services


§ 272b. Annual budget submission


§ 273. Functions; for whom exercised


§ 273a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology


§ 274. Director; powers and duties; report; compensation


§ 275. Hiring critical technical experts


§ 275a. Service charges


§ 275b. Charges for activities performed for other agencies


§ 275c. Cost recovery authority


§ 276. Ownership of facilities


§ 277. Regulations


§ 278. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology


§ 278b. Working Capital Fund


§ 278c. Acquisition of land for field sites


§ 278d. Construction and improvement of buildings and facilities


§ 278e. Functions and activities


§ 278f. Fire Research Center


§ 278h. Research program on security of computer systems


§ 278i. Reports to Congress


§ 278j. Studies by National Research Council


§ 278l. Assistance to State technology programs


§ 278o. User fees


§ 278p. Notice to Congress


§ 278q. Appropriations; availability


§ 278r. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants


§ 278s. Manufacturing USA


§ 278t. Advanced communications research activities


§ 278u. Xylazine detection and analysis


§ 279. Absence of Director


§ 2807. Prohibition on restriction of installation of renewable fuel pumps


§ 281a. Structural failures


§ 282a. Assessment of emerging technologies requiring research in metrology


§ 290. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 2903. Definitions


§ 2906. Annual report


§ 2907. Contract and grant authority; records and audits


§ 2908. Authorization of appropriations


§ 290a. Definitions


§ 290b. Collection, compilation, critical evaluation, publication and dissemination of standard reference data


§ 290c. Standards, criteria, and procedures for preparation and publication of standard reference data; publication in Federal Register


§ 290d. Sale of standard reference data; cost recovery; proceeds subject to National Institute of Standards and Technology


§ 290e. United States copyright and renewal rights


§ 290f. Authorization of appropriations


§ 293. Penalty for infraction


§ 2935. Budget coordination


§ 2938. Relation to other authorities


§ 294. Importation or transportation of falsely marked gold or silver ware prohibited


§ 295. Standard of fineness of gold articles; deviation


§ 2951. Findings and purposes


§ 2953. Global Change Research Information Office


§ 2961. Study and decision aid


§ 299. Definitions


§ 300. Application of State laws


§ 3051. Definitions


§ 3052. Recognition of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority


§ 3053. Federal Trade Commission oversight


§ 3054. Jurisdiction of the Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority


§ 3055. Horseracing anti-doping and medication control program


§ 3056. Racetrack safety program


§ 3057. Rule violations and civil sanctions


§ 3058. Review of final decisions of the Authority


§ 3059. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices


§ 3060. State delegation; cooperation


§ 3111. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 3112. Countercyclical employment policies


§ 3114. Regional and structural employment policies and programs


§ 3115. Youth employment policies and programs


§ 3117. Capital formation


§ 3132. Committee review


§ 3133. Exercise of rulemaking powers


§ 313a. Establishment of meteorological observation stations in the Arctic region


§ 313b. Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction


§ 313c. Authorized activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


§ 313d. NIDIS program


§ 3151. Nondiscrimination


§ 3152. Labor standards


§ 317. Appropriations and estimates


§ 318. Weather signals on mail cars


§ 3203. Adoption of certain standards


§ 3204. Special rules for standards


§ 3205. Federal participation


§ 3206. Gas utility rate design proposals


§ 3207. Judicial review and enforcement


§ 3208. Relationship to other applicable law


§ 3209. Reports respecting standards


§ 3210. Prior and pending proceedings


§ 3211. Relationship to other authority


§ 322. Odd jobs for part-time employees


§ 325. Authority for certain functions and activities


§ 326. Maintenance of printing office in Washington, D.C.


§ 327. Employees for conduct of meteorological investigations in Arctic region; appointment and compensation; extra compensation to other Government employees for taking observations


§ 328. Transfer from other Government Departments of surplus equipment and supplies for Arctic stations


§ 330a. Report requirement; form; information; time of submission


§ 330b. Duties of Secretary


§ 330d. Violation; penalty


§ 330e. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3364. Miscellaneous provisions


§ 3391a. “Essential agricultural use” defined


§ 3415. Intervention


§ 3418. Applicability of other Federal statutory provisions relating to information-gathering


§ 3602. Conversion lending


§ 3604. Exemptions


§ 3605. Notice of conversion and opportunity to purchase; responsibility of State and local governments


§ 3606. Federal Housing Administration mortgage or loan insurance; expedition of application process and decision


§ 3609. Void lease or contract provisions


§ 3610. Relationship of statutory provisions to State and local laws


§ 3614. Waiver of rights as void


§ 3615. Nonexclusion of other statutory rights and remedies


§ 3616. Separability


§ 3703. Definitions


§ 3704. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology


§ 3704a. Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation


§ 3704b. National Technical Information Service


§ 3705. Cooperative Research Centers


§ 3706. Grants and cooperative agreements


§ 3707. National Science Foundation Cooperative Research Centers


§ 3708. Administrative arrangements


§ 3710b. Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies


§ 3710c. Distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies


§ 3710d. Employee activities


§ 3711. National Technology and Innovation Medal


§ 3711a. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award


§ 3711b. Conference on advanced automotive technologies


§ 3711c. Advanced motor vehicle research award


§ 3712. Personnel exchanges


§ 3713. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3714. Spending authority


§ 3715. Use of partnership intermediaries


§ 3716. Critical industries


§ 3717. National Quality Council


§ 3718. President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness


§ 3720. Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship


§ 3721. Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing


§ 3722. Regional innovation program


§ 3722a. Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program


§ 3722b. Distressed area Recompete Pilot Program


§ 3723. STEM apprenticeship programs


§ 3724. Crowdsourcing and citizen science


§ 37a. Definitions


§ 38. Association of marine insurance companies; application of antitrust laws


§ 3802. Definitions


§ 3803. Duties of Secretary of Energy


§ 3804. Coordination with other Federal departments and agencies


§ 3805. Research and development activities


§ 3806. Demonstrations


§ 3807. Use of methane-fueled vehicles by Federal agencies and departments


§ 3809. Authorization of appropriations; required funding


§ 3810. Relationship to other laws


§ 382. Assessment of net income taxes


§ 384. Separability


§ 4003. Office of Export Trade in Department of Commerce


§ 4018. Annual reports


§ 4019. Disclosure of information


§ 4020. Rules and regulations


§ 4021. Definitions


§ 4051. Requirement of prior authorization


§ 4052. Authorization of appropriations


§ 4053. Barter arrangements


§ 4101. Congressional findings and declaration of purposes


§ 4102. Arctic Research Commission


§ 4103. Duties of Commission; publication of guidelines; report to Congress


§ 4104. Cooperation with Commission


§ 4105. Administration


§ 4106. Implementation of Arctic research policy


§ 4107. Duties of Interagency Committee; report to Congress


§ 4108. Arctic research plan


§ 4109. Coordination and review of budget requests; Office of Science and Technology Policy; Office of Management and Budget


§ 4110. Authorization of appropriations; new spending authority


§ 4111. “Arctic” defined


§ 4112. Annual agency budget and spending report


§ 4305. Disclosure of joint venture


§ 4306. Application of section 4303 protections to production of products, processes, and services


§ 432. Boards of trade dealing in agricultural products; exclusion of representatives of cooperative associations prohibited


§ 433. Remedies of cooperative association excluded from representation


§ 4405. Injunctions


§ 4408. Definitions


§ 4503. Deposit of remainder of excess amount into Treasury as indirect restitution


§ 4506. Termination


§ 45b. Consumer review protection


§ 45d. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices with respect to substance use disorder treatment service and products


§ 45e. Office for the prevention of fraud targeting seniors


§ 45f. Collection, verification, and disclosure of information by online marketplaces to inform consumers


§ 4601. Findings, purposes, and definitions


§ 4602. Grants to Sematech


§ 4603. Semiconductor Technology Council


§ 4603a. Study and report by Semiconductor Technology Council


§ 4605. Export of semiconductor manufacturing


§ 4621. Findings


§ 4622. Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing technology research initiative


§ 4623. Participation of national laboratories of Department of Energy


§ 4624. Personnel exchanges


§ 4625. Other Department of Energy resources


§ 4626. Budgeting for semiconductor manufacturing technology research


§ 4627. Cost-sharing agreements


§ 4628. Department of Energy oversight of cooperative agreements relating to Initiative


§ 4629. Avoidance of duplication


§ 4630. Authorization of appropriations


§ 4631. Technology transfer


§ 4632. Semiconductor research and development


§ 4651. Definitions


§ 4652. Semiconductor incentives


§ 4653. Department of Defense


§ 4654. Department of Commerce study on status of microelectronics technologies in the United States industrial base


§ 4655. Funding for development and adoption of measurably secure semiconductors and measurably secure semiconductors supply chains


§ 4656. Advanced microelectronics research and development


§ 4657. Prohibition relating to foreign entities of concern


§ 4658. Defense Production Act of 1950 efforts


§ 4659. Additional authorities


§ 46a. Concurrent resolution essential to authorize investigations


§ 4712. Barter and countertrade


§ 4721a. State trade coordination


§ 4722. Transferred


§ 4723. Market Development Cooperator Program


§ 4723a. United States Commercial Centers


§ 4724. Trade shows


§ 4725. United States and Foreign Commercial Service Pacific Rim initiative


§ 4726. Indian tribes export promotion


§ 4727. Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee


§ 4727a. Implementation of primary objectives of TPCC


§ 4728. Environmental trade promotion


§ 4728a. State and Federal Export Promotion Coordination Working Group


§ 4729. Report on export policy


§ 4801. Findings and purpose


§ 4802. Council established


§ 4803. Duties of Council


§ 4804. Membership


§ 4805. Executive Director and staff


§ 4806. Powers of Council


§ 4807. Annual report


§ 4808. Authorization of appropriations


§ 4809. Definitions


§ 4901. Definitions


§ 4902. Interagency Trade Data Advisory Committee


§ 4903. Functions of Committee


§ 4904. Consultation with private sector and government officials


§ 4905. Cooperation among executive agencies


§ 4906. Establishment of Data Bank


§ 4907. Operation of Data Bank


§ 4908. Information on service sector


§ 4909. Exclusion of information


§ 4910. Nonduplication


§ 4911. Collection of data


§ 4912. Fees and access


§ 502. Board of directors of Textile Foundation


§ 503. Purpose of Foundation


§ 506. Amendment and repeal of chapter


§ 5101. Findings and purposes


§ 5102. Definitions


§ 5103. Establishment of scientific research and development program to develop competitive manufacturing technologies and increase energy efficiency in steel and aluminum industries


§ 5104. Protection of proprietary rights


§ 5105. Coordination


§ 5107. Reports


§ 5108. Authorization of appropriations


§ 5109. Relation of existing program


§ 5110. Drug-free workplace


§ 5201. Findings and purposes


§ 5202. National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development


§ 5203. Department of Energy


§ 5204. National Institute of Standards and Technology


§ 5205. National Science Foundation


§ 5206. National Aeronautics and Space Administration


§ 5207. Department of Defense


§ 5208. International cooperation


§ 5209. Technology transfer


§ 5301. Findings


§ 5302. Definitions


§ 5303. Establishment of program


§ 5304. Operation of program


§ 5305. Review


§ 5306. Industrial Advisory Board


§ 5307. Authorization of appropriations


§ 5308. Protection of proprietary rights


§ 5401. Findings


§ 5402. Definitions


§ 5403. Sale of fasteners


§ 5407. Manufacturers’ insignias


§ 5409. Recordkeeping requirements


§ 5410. Relationship to State laws


§ 5411. Construction


§ 5411a. Certification and accreditation


§ 5411b. Applicability


§ 5503. Definitions


§ 5511. Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program


§ 5512. Grand Challenges in areas of national importance


§ 5522. National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities


§ 5523. Department of Energy activities


§ 5524. Department of Commerce activities


§ 5527. Miscellaneous provisions


§ 5541. Definitions


§ 5542. Department of Energy high-end computing research and development program


§ 5544. Transferred


§ 5601. Transferred


§ 5701. Short title; findings


§ 5713. Administration and applicability of subchapter


§ 5714. Definitions


§ 5721. Regulations


§ 5722. Relation to State laws


§ 5724. Definitions


§ 57c. Authorization of appropriations


§ 5801. Transferred


§ 5903. Relation to other laws


§ 5904. Definitions


§ 6001. Establishment of program


§ 6002. Purposes for grants


§ 6003. Report to Congress


§ 6005. Authorization of appropriations


§ 6006. “Approved bicycle helmet” defined


§ 6107. Enforcement of orders


§ 6108. Review


§ 6152. Telemarketing Sales Rule; do-not-call registry fees


§ 6153. Federal Communications Commission do-not-call regulations


§ 6154. Reporting requirements


§ 6201. Disclosure to foreign antitrust authority of antitrust evidence


§ 6202. Investigations to assist foreign antitrust authority in obtaining antitrust evidence


§ 6203. Jurisdiction of district courts of United States


§ 6204. Limitations on authority


§ 6205. Exception to certain disclosure restrictions


§ 6206. Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements


§ 6207. Conditions on use of antitrust mutual assistance agreements


§ 6208. Limitations on judicial review


§ 6209. Preservation of existing authority


§ 6210. Report to Congress


§ 6211. Definitions


§ 6212. Authority to receive reimbursement


§ 6303. Boxing matches in States without boxing commissions


§ 6304. Safety standards


§ 6305. Registration


§ 6306. Review


§ 6307. Reporting


§ 6307a. Contract requirements


§ 6307c. Sanctioning organizations


§ 6307d. Required disclosures to State boxing commissions by sanctioning organizations


§ 6307f. Required disclosures for judges and referees


§ 6307g. Confidentiality


§ 6307h. Judges and referees


§ 6310. Notification of supervising boxing commission


§ 6311. Studies


§ 6312. Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian reservations


§ 6313. Relationship with State law


§ 631c. Small Business Manufacturing Task Force


§ 633a. Detailed justification for proposed changes in budget requests


§ 634a. Office of Advocacy within Small Business Administration; Chief Counsel for Advocacy


§ 634c. Additional duties of Office of Advocacy


§ 634d. Staff and powers of Office of Advocacy


§ 634e. Assistance of Government agencies


§ 634f. Reports


§ 634g. Budgetary line item and authorization of appropriations


§ 635. Deposit of moneys; depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents; contributions to employees’ compensation funds


§ 636b. Disaster loan interest rates


§ 636c. Age of applicant for disaster loans


§ 636d. Disaster aid to major sources of employment


§ 636e. Definitions


§ 636f. Coordination of efforts between the Administrator and the Internal Revenue Service to expedite loan processing


§ 636g. Development and implementation of major disaster response plan


§ 636h. Disaster planning responsibilities


§ 636i. Small business bonding threshold


§ 636k. Reports on disaster assistance


§ 636l. Semiannual report


§ 636m. Loan forgiveness


§ 637d. Subcontracting plan reports


§ 638a. GAO study with respect to venture capital operating company, hedge fund, and private equity firm involvement


§ 638b. Reducing vulnerability of SBIR and STTR programs to fraud, waste, and abuse


§ 639a. Review of loan program; submission of estimated needs for additional authorization


§ 639b. Oversight


§ 6401. Findings


§ 6402. Definitions


§ 6403. Referenda


§ 6404. Propane Education and Research Council


§ 6405. Assessments


§ 6406. Compliance


§ 6407. Lobbying restrictions


§ 6408. Market survey and consumer protection


§ 6409. Pricing


§ 641. Transfer to Administration of other functions, powers, and duties


§ 6410. Relation to other programs


§ 6411. Reports


§ 643. Fair charge for use of Government-owned property


§ 644a. Small Business Procurement Advisory Council


§ 645a. Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small Business Administration


§ 648. Small business development center program authorization


§ 648b. Grants for SBDCs


§ 648c. SBA and USPTO partnerships


§ 649. Office of International Trade


§ 649b. Grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for international marketing programs


§ 649c. Authorization of appropriations


§ 649d. Central information clearinghouse


§ 650. Supervisory and enforcement authority for small business lending companies


§ 6505. Administration and applicability


§ 6506. Review


§ 651. National small business tree planting program


§ 652. Central European Enterprise Development Commission


§ 653. Office of Rural Affairs


§ 655. Pilot Technology Access Program


§ 6551. Internet safety


§ 6552. Public awareness campaign


§ 6553. Annual reports


§ 6554. Online Safety and Technology working group


§ 6555. Definitions


§ 656. Women’s Business Center program


§ 657b. Veterans programs


§ 657d. Federal and State Technology Partnership Program


§ 657e. Mentoring Networks


§ 657g. Participation in federally funded projects


§ 657h. Small business energy efficiency


§ 657i. Coordination of disaster assistance programs with FEMA


§ 657j. Information tracking and follow-up system for disaster assistance


§ 657k. Disaster processing redundancy


§ 657l. Comprehensive disaster response plan


§ 657m. Plans to secure sufficient office space


§ 657n. Immediate Disaster Assistance program


§ 657o. Annual reports on disaster assistance


§ 657p. Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children


§ 657q. Consolidation of contract requirements


§ 657r. Mentor-protege programs


§ 657t. Office of Credit Risk Management


§ 657u. Lender Oversight Committee


§ 66. Short title


§ 6609. Application of existing impossibility or commercial impracticability doctrines


§ 6610. Damages limitation by contract


§ 6611. Damages in tort claims


§ 6612. State of mind; bystander liability; control


§ 6613. Appointment of special masters or magistrate judges for Y2K actions


§ 6615. Applicability of State law


§ 6616. Admissible evidence ultimate issue in State courts


§ 6617. Suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns


§ 6712. Insurance underwriting in national banks


§ 6713. Title insurance activities of national banks and their affiliates


§ 6715. Certain State affiliation laws preempted for insurance companies and affiliates


§ 6716. Interagency consultation


§ 6717. Definition of State


§ 6731. General application


§ 6732. Redomestication of mutual insurers


§ 6733. Effect on State laws restricting redomestication


§ 6734. Other provisions


§ 6735. Definitions


§ 6751. National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers


§ 6752. Purpose


§ 6753. Membership


§ 6754. Board of directors


§ 6755. Bylaws, standards, and disciplinary actions


§ 6756. Powers


§ 6757. Report by the Association


§ 6759. Presidential oversight


§ 6760. Relationship to State law


§ 6761. Coordination with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority


§ 6762. Right of action


§ 6763. Federal funding prohibited


§ 6764. Definitions


§ 6808. Study of information sharing among financial affiliates


§ 6822. Administrative enforcement


§ 6824. Relation to State laws


§ 6825. Agency guidance


§ 6826. Reports


§ 6851. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images


§ 687h. Jurisdiction and service of process


§ 687k. Guaranteed obligations not eligible for purchase by Federal Financing Bank


§ 687l. Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates


§ 687m. Periodic issuance of guarantees and trust certificates


§ 689. Definitions


§ 689a. Purposes


§ 689b. Establishment


§ 689c. Selection of New Markets Venture Capital companies


§ 689d. Debentures


§ 689e. Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates


§ 689f. Fees


§ 689g. Operational assistance grants


§ 689h. Bank participation


§ 689i. Federal Financing Bank


§ 689j. Reporting requirement


§ 689k. Examinations


§ 689l. Injunctions and other orders


§ 689m. Additional penalties for noncompliance


§ 689n. Unlawful acts and omissions; breach of fiduciary duty


§ 689o. Removal or suspension of directors or officers


§ 689p. Regulations


§ 689q. Authorization of appropriations


§ 68c. Stamp, tag, label, or other identification


§ 68g. Guaranty


§ 68h. Criminal penalty


§ 68i. Application of other laws


§ 68j. Exceptions from subchapter


§ 690. Definitions


§ 6901. Definitions


§ 6902. Establishment of program


§ 6903. Uses of assistance


§ 6904. Qualified organizations


§ 6906. Matching requirements


§ 6907. Applications for assistance


§ 6908. Recordkeeping


§ 6909. Authorization


§ 690a. Purposes


§ 690b. Establishment


§ 690c. Selection of Renewable Fuel Capital Investment companies


§ 690d. Debentures


§ 690e. Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates


§ 690f. Fees


§ 690g. Fee contribution


§ 690h. Operational assistance grants


§ 690i. Bank participation


§ 690j. Federal Financing Bank


§ 690k. Reporting requirement


§ 690l. Examinations


§ 690m. Miscellaneous


§ 690n. Removal or suspension of directors or officers


§ 690o. Regulations


§ 690p. Authorizations of appropriations


§ 690q. Termination


§ 6910. Implementation


§ 693. Powers of Administration respecting loans; liquidation of obligations through creation of new leases, execution of subleases, and assignments of leases


§ 694c. Revolving fund for surety bond guarantees


§ 695. State development companies


§ 697. Development company debentures


§ 697a. Private debenture sales


§ 697b. Pooling of debentures


§ 697c. Restrictions on development company assistance


§ 697d. Accredited Lenders Program


§ 697f. Prepayment of development company debentures


§ 697g. Foreclosure and liquidation of loans


§ 69c. False advertising and invoicing


§ 69d. Fur products imported into United States


§ 69e. Name guide for fur products


§ 69f. Enforcement of subchapter


§ 69h. Guaranty


§ 69i. Criminal penalty


§ 69j. Application of other laws


§ 7004. Applicability to Federal and State governments


§ 7005. Studies


§ 7031. Principles governing the use of electronic signatures in international transactions


§ 70c. Removal of stamp, tag, label, or other identification


§ 70d. Records


§ 70g. Exclusion of misbranded textile fiber products


§ 70h. Guaranty


§ 70i. Criminal penalty


§ 70j. Exemptions


§ 70k. Application of other laws


§ 7101. Establishment of the Interagency Committee


§ 7102. Duties of the Interagency Committee


§ 7103. Membership of the Interagency Committee


§ 7104. Reports from the Interagency Committee


§ 7106. Duties of the Council


§ 7107. Membership of the Council


§ 7108. Definitions


§ 7109. Studies and other research


§ 7110. Authorization of appropriations


§ 712a. Limitation of obligations for administrative expenses of certain agencies; limitation on life of certain agencies


§ 713d. Declaration of purpose


§ 714a. Location of offices


§ 714d. Laws applicable to Corporation


§ 714f. Use of funds


§ 714h. Officers and employees; appointment; duties


§ 714i. Cooperation with other governmental agencies


§ 714k. Records; annual report


§ 714l. Interest of Members of Congress


§ 714n. Transfer of assets of Commodity Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation


§ 714o. Dissolution of Delaware corporation


§ 715b. Interstate transportation of contraband oil forbidden


§ 715c. Suspension of operation of section 715b of this title


§ 715d. Enforcement of chapter


§ 715e. Penalties for violation of chapter


§ 715f. Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law; procedure


§ 715g. Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without certificate of clearance; certificate as justifying acceptance of shipment


§ 715h. Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of board and employees


§ 715i. Restraining violations


§ 715j. “President” as including agencies, officers and employees


§ 715k. Saving clause


§ 717l. Complaints


§ 717q. Appointment of officers and employees


§ 717w. Short title


§ 717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil


§ 717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities


§ 719b. Definitions


§ 719d. Federal and State officer or agency and other interested persons’ reports


§ 719i. Supplemental enforcement authority


§ 719l. Antitrust laws


§ 719m. Authorization of appropriations


§ 719n. Separability


§ 719o. Civil rights; affirmative action of Federal officers and agencies; rules: promulgation and enforcement


§ 720. Definitions


§ 720b. Environmental reviews


§ 720d. Federal Coordinator


§ 720f. State jurisdiction over in-State delivery of natural gas


§ 720g. Study of alternative means of construction


§ 720h. Clarification of ANGTA status and authorities


§ 720i. Sense of Congress concerning use of steel manufactured in North America and negotiation of a project labor agreement


§ 720j. Sense of Congress concerning participation by small business concerns


§ 720k. Alaska pipeline construction training program


§ 720l. Sense of Congress concerning natural gas demand


§ 720m. Sense of Congress concerning Alaskan ownership


§ 7212. Registration with the Board


§ 7214a. Additional disclosure


§ 7218. Accounting standards


§ 7220. Definitions


§ 7231. Exemption authority


§ 7232. Study of mandatory rotation of registered public accounting firms


§ 7233. Commission authority


§ 7234. Considerations by appropriate State regulatory authorities


§ 7264. Code of ethics for senior financial officers


§ 7265. Disclosure of audit committee financial expert


§ 7266. Enhanced review of periodic disclosures by issuers


§ 73. Agreements involving restrictions in favor of imported goods


§ 7302. Composition of Teams


§ 7303. Authorities


§ 7304. Briefings, hearings, witnesses, and subpoenas


§ 7305. Additional powers


§ 7307. National Construction Safety Team report


§ 7308. National Institute of Standards and Technology actions


§ 7309. National Institute of Standards and Technology annual report


§ 7310. Advisory committee


§ 7312. Construction


§ 7313. Authorization of appropriations


§ 74. Rules and regulations


§ 7401. Findings


§ 7402. Definitions


§ 7403. National Science Foundation research


§ 7404. National Science Foundation computer and network security programs


§ 7405. Consultation


§ 7406. National Institute of Standards and Technology programs


§ 7407. Authorization of appropriations


§ 7408. National Academy of Sciences study on computer and network security in critical infrastructures


§ 7409. Coordination of Federal cyber security research and development


§ 7411. Report on grant and fellowship programs


§ 7421. Definitions


§ 7422. No regulatory authority


§ 7423. No additional funds authorized


§ 7431. Federal cybersecurity research and development


§ 7432. National cybersecurity challenges


§ 7441. Cybersecurity competitions and challenges


§ 7442. Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program


§ 7443. National cybersecurity awareness and education program


§ 7461. Definitions


§ 7462. International cybersecurity technical standards


§ 7463. Cloud computing strategy


§ 7464. Identity management research and development


§ 7501. National Nanotechnology Program


§ 7502. Program coordination


§ 7503. Advisory Panel


§ 7504. Quadrennial external review of the National Nanotechnology Program


§ 7505. Authorization of appropriations


§ 7506. Department of Commerce programs


§ 7507. Department of Energy programs


§ 7508. Additional centers


§ 7509. Definitions


§ 7601. Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients


§ 7602. Immediate payment of fees in limited circumstances


§ 7603. Prescriber verification


§ 7604. Expiration of contact lens prescriptions


§ 7606. Prohibition of certain waivers


§ 7607. Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission


§ 7608. Violations


§ 7609. Study and report


§ 7610. Definitions


§ 769. Definitions


§77. Discrimination against neutral Americans in time of war Whenever, during the existence of a war in which the United States is not engaged, the President shall be satisfied that there is reasonable ground to believe that any vessel, American or foreign, is, on account of the laws, regulations, or practices of a belligerent Government, making or giving any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage in any respect whatsoever to any particular person, company, firm, or corporation, or any particular description of traffic in the United States or its possessions or to any citizens of the United States residing in neutral countries abroad, or is subjecting any particular person, company, firm, or corporation or any particular description of traffic in the United States or its possessions, or any citizens of the United States residing in neutral countries abroad to any undue or unreasonable prejudice, disadvantage, injury, or discrimination in regard to accepting, receiving, transporting, or delivering, or refusing to accept, receive, transfer, or deliver any cargo, freight, or passengers, or in any other respect whatsoever, he is authorized and empowered to direct the detention of such vessels by withholding clearance or by formal notice forbidding departure, and to revoke, modify, or renew any such direction. Whenever, during the existence of a war in which the United States is not engaged, the President shall be satisfied that there is reasonable ground to believe that under the laws, regulations, or practices of any belligerent country or Government, American ships or American citizens are not accorded any of the facilities of commerce which the vessels or citizens of that belligerent country enjoy in the United States or its possessions, or are not accorded by such belligerent equal privileges or facilities of trade with vessels or citizens of any nationality other than that of such belligerent, the President is authorized and empowered to withhold clearance from one or more vessels of such belligerent country until such belligerent shall restore to such American vessels and American citizens reciprocal liberty of commerce and equal facilities of trade; or the President may direct that similar privileges and facilities, if any, enjoyed by vessels or citizens of such belligerent in the United States or its possessions be refused to vessels or citizens of such belligerent; and in such case he shall make proclamation of his direction, stating the facilities and privileges which shall be refused, and the belligerent to whose vessels or citizens they are to be refused, and thereafter the furnishing of such prohibited privileges and facilities to any vessel or citizen of the belligerent named in such proclamation shall be unlawful; and he may change, modify, revoke, or renew such proclamation; and any person or persons who shall furnish or attempt or conspire to furnish or be concerned in furnishing or in the concealment of furnishing facilities or privileges to ships or persons contrary to the prohibition in such proclamation shall be liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $50,000 or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. In case any vessel which is detained by virtue of this subchapter shall depart or attempt to depart from the jurisdiction of the United States without clearance or other lawful authority, the owner or master or person or persons having charge or command of such vessel shall be severally liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, and in addition such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States. The President of the United States is authorized and empowered to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. (Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, §806, 39 Stat. 799 .) Executive Documents Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of Homeland Security of authority vested in President by this section, see section 1(j), (k) of Ex. Ord. No. 10637, Sept. 16, 1955, 20 F.R. 7025, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.


§ 770. Appointments


§ 7701. Congressional findings and policy


§ 7702. Definitions


§ 7703. Prohibition against predatory and abusive commercial e-mail


§ 7704. Other protections for users of commercial electronic mail


§ 7705. Businesses knowingly promoted by electronic mail with false or misleading transmission information


§ 7706. Enforcement generally


§ 7707. Effect on other laws


§ 7708. Do-Not-E-Mail registry


§ 7709. Study of effects of commercial electronic mail


§ 771. Comptroller General, powers and duties


§ 7710. Improving enforcement by providing rewards for information about violations; labeling


§ 7711. Regulations


§ 7712. Application to wireless


§ 7713. Separability


§ 772. Administrator’s information-gathering power


§ 773. Public disclosure of information


§ 774. Reports and recommendations


§ 775. Sex discrimination; enforcement; other legal remedies


§ 777. Economic analysis of proposed actions


§ 778. Management oversight review; report to Administrator