15 U.S.C. § 273 — Functions; for whom exercised

submitted 125 years ago by ch. 872 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 143 words · no verdicts yet

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This law says who NIST can serve. It can work for the U.S. government, international organizations the U.S. belongs to, friendly foreign governments, U.S. state and local governments, and any organization or person needing measurement standards. Work for foreign entities must be coordinated with the State Department.

The Institute — the National Institute of Standards and Technology — can carry out its functions for several kinds of groups: the government of the United States; international organizations the United States belongs to; governments of friendly countries; any state or municipal government within the United States; and any scientific society, school, business, corporation, or individual, inside the United States or a friendly country, that manufactures things or does other work requiring standards or standard measuring instruments. When the Institute works for international organizations, friendly foreign governments, or foreign scientific societies, schools, businesses, corporations, or individuals, that work must be coordinated with other U.S. government agencies — especially the Department of State, when the party being served is foreign. Anyone requesting the Institute's services must make that request following the rules and regulations this law establishes.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Institute is authorized to exercise its functions for the Government of the United States and for international organizations of which the United States is a member; for governments of friendly countries; for any State or municipal government within the United States; or for any scientific society, educational institution, firm, corporation, or individual within the United States or friendly countries engaged in manufacturing or other pursuits requiring the use of standards or standard measuring instruments: Provided, That the exercise of these functions for international organizations, governments of friendly countries and scientific societies, educational institutions, firms, corporations, or individuals therein shall be in coordination with other agencies of the United States Government, in particular the Department of State in respect to foreign entities. All requests for the services of the Institute shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations herein established.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 3, 31 Stat. 1449; Pub. L. 92–317, § 3(c), June 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1901Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872 · 31 Stat. 1449
1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-317 · 86 Stat. 235
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-418 · 102 Stat. 1433

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 872 on 1901-03-03.

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