15 U.S.C. § 279
Absence of Director
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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In the case of the absence of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce may designate some officer of said Institute to perform the duties of the director during his absence.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally