domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries, and the transportation facilities of the United States; and to this end it shall be vested with jurisdiction and control of the departments, bureaus, offices, and branches of the public service hereinafter specified, and with such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by law. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 3, 32 Stat. 826.) EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS FUNCTIONS Ex. Ord. No. 10999, Feb. 16, 1962, 27 F.R. 1527, directed the Secretary of Commerce to prepare national emergency plans and develop prepardness programs in certain areas of transportation, production, distribution, communications and fallout forecasting, all designed to develop a state of readiness in those areas with respect to all degrees of national emergency, including attack upon the United States. CROSS REFERENCES Clearing house for technical, scientific, and engineering information, see sections 1151-1157 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. 8596a. Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department. Appropriations are authorized for the following activities of the Department of Commerce: (a) furnishing to employees of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or supplies are not available and upon request of the service concerned), and their dependents, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States, free emergency medical services by contract or otherwise and free emergency medical supplies, where in the judgment of the Secretary furnishing of such supplies and services is necessary; (b) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, purchasing, transporting, storing, and distributing food and other subsistence supplies for resale to employees of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or supplies are not available and upon request of the service concerned), and their dependents, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States at a reasonable value as determined by the Secretary of Commerce, the proceeds from such resales to be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure was made: Provided, That a report of such transactions shall be made to Congress annually showing the total expenditures made for such supplies and the total proceeds from such resales; (c) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of messing facilities, by contract or otherwise, in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States where suitable family facilities are not available, such service to be furnished to employees of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities are not available and upon request of the service concerned), and their dependents, in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary of Commerce, and at a reasonable value determined in accordance therewith, the proceeds from the fur36-500 0-65-vol. 1— -26 nishing of such services to be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditures are made; (d) reimbursement, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, of officers and employees in or under the Department of Commerce, for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished by them in emergencies for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities; (e) providing motion-picture equipment and film for recreation of crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, for recreation of employees in remote localities where such facilities are not available, and for training purposes; (f) erecting, altering, repairing, equipping, furnishing, and maintaining, by contract or otherwise, such living and working quarters and facilities as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work at remote localities not on foreign soil where such living and working accommodations are not otherwise available. (Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 733, 63 Stat. 907; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1 (1), 68 Stat. 967.) AMENDMENTS 1954 Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed a proviso requiring the Secretary of Commerce to submit annually to Congress a report showing the expenditures for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of messing facilities in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States. § 597. Bureaus in Department. The following named offices, bureaus, divisions, and branches of the public service, and all that pertains to the same, shall be under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of Commerce: 1. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 2. The Bureau of Public Roads. 5. The Coast and Geodetic Survey. 7. The Inland Waterways Corporation. 11. The Weather Bureau. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 12, 32 Stat. 826, 830; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 3, 37 Stat. 737; Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 1, 42 Stat. 1109; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 501, 47 Stat. 415; Feb. 22, 1934, Ex. Ord. 6611; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §§ 2 (a), 4 (e), 6, eff. July 1, 1936, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, §§ 7, 8, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1235, 1236; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103 (a), 63 Stat. 380; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561; 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 7, § 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F. R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 21, §§ 101, 106, 201, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1273.) CODIFICATION "Bureau of the Census" substituted for "Census Office" pursuant to section 3 of act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1024, set out as a note preceding chapter 1 of Title 13, Census. See, also, Revision Note under section 2 of Title 13. AMENDMENTS 1949-Act Aug. 4, 1949, repealed from credit act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 4, 36 Stat. 537, which related to former Bureau of Lighthouses. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by act Aug. 4, 1949, effective as of the first day of the third month after the month of approval, August 1949, see note set out preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast Guard. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The functions of all other officers of the Department of Commerce and the functions of all agencies and employees of the Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such offcers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out as a note under section 591 of this title. The Public Roads Administration, which was redesignated the Bureau of Public Roads and, with its functions, transferred from the Federal Works Agency to the General Services Administration by section 103 (a) of act June 30, 1949 (set out as section 630b of this title), was subsequently transferred to the Department of Commerce by 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 7, which is set out as a note under section 133z-15 of this title. The Federal Maritime Board was created as an agency within the Department of Commerce by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 21, §§ 101, 106, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 46, Shipping, and sections 103-105 of the Plan transferred to the Board and its chairman some of the functions of the former United States Maritime Commission and the chairman thereof. Section 307 of the Plan provided that the functions transferred to the Federal Maritime Board and its chairman should not be subject to the provisions of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, also eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of this title, which, with a few additional exceptions, transferred the functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of the Department of Commerce to the Secretary of Commerce, and authorized him to delegate any of the functions so transferred, or any of his other functions, to any of such officers, agencies and employees. The Maritime Administration, with a Maritime Administrator at its head, was established in the Department of Commerce by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 21, § 201, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 46, Shipping, and section 204 of the Plan transferred some of the functions of the former United States Maritime Commission and its Chairman to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in the Secretary to authorize their performance by the Administrator. Section 307 of the Plan provided that the functions transferred to the Secretary by that Plan should not be subject to the provisions of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, also eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of this title, which, with a few additional exceptions, transferred the functions of all other officers, agencies, and employees of the Department of Commerce to the Secretary of Commerce, and authorized him to delegate any of the functions so transferred, or any of his other functions, to any of such officers, agencies and employees. Section 304 of 1961 Reorg. Plan No. 7, eff. Aug. 12, 1961, 26 F.R. 7315, 75 Stat. 840, set out as a note under section 133z-15 of this title, abolished the Federal Maritime Board, including the offices of the members of the Board. Functions of the Board were transferred either to the Federal Maritime Commission, which was established as an independent body, or to the Secretary of Commerce by sections 103 and 202 of 1961 Reorg. Plan No. 7. The Department of Commerce, prior to act Mar. 4, 1913, was known as the Department of Commerce and Labor. The following agencies which were placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and Labor by act Feb. 14, 1903, which act established the Department, were abolished or transferred as follows: The office of United States Shipping Commissioner was abolished by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, which transferred the functions to the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of Customs. See note under section 1 of Title 46, Shipping. The Bureau of Navigation and the Steamboat Inspection Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection by act June 30, 1932, which name was changed to Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation by act May 27, 1936. Said Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of Customs by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under section 1 of Title 46, Shipping. The Bureau of Fisheries was transferred to the Department of the Interior by section 4 (e) of 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II. 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II is set out in note to section 133t of this title. The name of the Bureau of Immigration was changed to Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization by act June 29, 1906, ch. 3592, § 1, 34 Stat. 596. The Commissioner General of Immigration, the Commissioners of Immigration, and the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, were transferred to the Department of Labor by act March 4, 1913. Subsequently, by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 14 of June 10, 1933, and 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F. R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Naturalization were consolidated to form the Immigration and Naturalization Service and transferred to the Department of Justice. The Light-House Board and the Light-House Establishment were consolidated under the Bureau of Lighthouses by act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 4, 36 Stat. 537. The Bureau of Lighthouses was transferred to the Coast Guard in the Department of the Treasury by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2 (a). 1939 Reorg. Plan II is set out in note to section 133t of this title. The Bureau of Mines, transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Commerce by Ex. Ord. No. 4239, eff. July 1, 1925, was retransferred to the Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 24, 1934. The following agencies, now under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, acquired their status in the manner indicated: The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce resulted from a consolidation of the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics by act Aug. 23, 1912. The Civil Aeronautics Authority was transferred to the Department of Commerce by section 7 of 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV is set out in note to section 133t of this title. The Inland Waterways Corporation was transferred to the Department of Commerce by section 6 of 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II. 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II is set out in note to section 133t of this title. The Patent Office was transferred from the Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. of Mar. 17, 1925, as authorized by section 12 of act Feb. 14, 1903. See section 602 of this title. The Weather Bureau was transferred from the Department of Agriculture by section 8 of 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV is set out in note to section 133t of this title. CROSS REFERENCE United States Travel Service, establishment in Department of Commerce, see section 2124 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. S$ 597a-597d. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections 597a and 597b-597d, act June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 501-504, 47 Stat. 415, 416, related to the consolidation of the Steamboat Inspection Service and the Bureau of Navigation of the Department of Commerce. Section 597a-1, act May 27, 1936, ch. 463. § 1. 49 Stat. 1380, changed the name of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection to "Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation." The Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of Customs by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1097. See note under section 1 of Title 46, Shipping. § 593. Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce. The official records and papers on file in and pertaining exclusively to the business of any bureau, office, department, or branch of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce, together with the furniture in use in such bureau. office, department, or branch of the public service, are transferred to the Department of Commerce. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 826.) § 599. Duties and powers vested in Department. All duties performed and all power and authority possessed or exercised by the head of any executive department in and over any bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce, or any business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, or in relation to the duties performed by and authority conferred by law upon such bureau, officer, office, board, branch, or division of the public service, whether of an appellate or revisory character or otherwise, shall be vested in and exercised by the Secretary of Commerce. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829.) Ex. ORD. No. 9865. PATENT PROTECTION ABROAD OF INVENTIONS RESULTING FROM RESEARCH FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT Ex. Ord. No. 9865, June 14, 1947, 12 F. R. 3907, provided: 1. All Government departments and agencies shall, whenever practicable, acquire the right to file foreign patent applications on inventions resulting from research conducted or financed by the Government. 2. All Government departments and agencies which have or may hereafter acquire title to inventions or the right to file patent applications abroad thereon, shall fully and continuously inform the Department of Commerce concerning such inventions, except as provided in section 6 hereof, and shall make recommendations to the Department of Commerce as to which of such inventions should receive patent protection by the United States abroad and the foreign jurisdictions in which such patent protection should be sought. The recommendations of such departments and agencies shall indicate the immediate or future industrial, commercial or other value of the invention concerned, including its value to public health. 3. The Department of Commerce shall determine whether, and in what foreign jurisdictions, the United States should seek patents for such inventions and, to the extent of appropriations available therefor, shall procure patent protection for such inventions, taking all action, consistent with existing law, necessary to acquire and maintain patent rights abroad. Such determinations of the said Department shall be made after full consultation with United States industry and commerce, with the Department of State, and with other Government agencies familiar with the technical, scientific, industrial, commercial or other economic or social factors affecting the invention involved, and after consideration of the availability of valid patent protection in the countries determined to be immediate or potential markets for, or producers of, products, processes, or services covered by or relating to the invention. 4. The Department of Commerce shall administer foreign patents acquired by the United States under the terms of this order and shall issue licenses thereunder in accordance with law under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. Nationals of the United States shall be granted licenses on a nonexclusive royalty free basis except in such cases as the Secretary shall determine and proclaim it to be inconsistent with the public interest to issue such licenses on a nonexclusive royalty free basis. 5. The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, shall negotiate arrangements among governments under which each government and its nationals shall have access to the foreign patents of the other participating governments. Patents relating to matters of public health may be licensed by the Secretary of Commerce, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to any country or its nationals upon such terms and conditions as are in accordance with law and as the Secretary of Commerce determines to be appropriate, regardless of whether such country is a party to the arrangements provided for in this section. 6. There shall be exempted from the provisions of this order (a) all inventions within the jurisdiction of the Atomic Energy Commission except in such cases as the said Commission specifically authorizes the inclusion of an invention under the terms of this order; and (b) all other inventions officially classified as secret or confidential for reasons of the national security. Nothing in this order shall supersede the declassification policies and procedures established by Executive Orders Nos. 9568 of June 8, 1945, 9604 of August 25, 1945, and Ex. Ord. No. 9809 of December 12, 1946 [set out as a note under section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense]. § 600. Same; merchant vessels, shipping, navigation, etc. Section, act Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829, which transferred certain shipping and navigation functions from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce, was superseded by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097, which transferred these functions to the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of Customs. See note under section 1 of Title 46, Shipping. § 600a. Pay and allowances; officers and men on vessels of Department. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to continue the system of pay and allowances, including allowances for longevity, for officers and men on vessels of the Department of Commerce, that was in operation as of July 1, 1929, until such time as legislation shall be enacted pursuant to section 2 of the Act approved May 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 785), or similar legislation affecting the classification of vessel employees in the field service of the Government. (Feb. 26, 1931, ch. 306, 46 Stat. 1421.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 2 of act May 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 785), referred to in the text, was repealed by act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1202 (3), 63 Stat. 972. § 600b. Compensation of employees and vessel employees of Inland Waterways Corporation. CODIFICATION Section, act Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title IV, § 401, 67 Stat. 385, was from the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriation Act, 1954, and was not repeated in the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the United States Information Agency Appropriation Act, 1955, act July 2, 1954, ch. 456, 68 Stat. 413. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1952-July 5, 1952, ch. 578, title III, § 301, 66 Stat. 417. 1951-Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 376, title IV, § 401, 65 Stat. 288. 1950-Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VIII, title II, § 201, 64 Stat. 724. 1949-Aug. 24, 1949, ch. 506, title II, § 201, 63 Stat. 660. 1948-June 30, 1948, ch. 773, title II, § 201, 62 Stat. 1193. 1947-July 30, 1947, ch. 358, title II, § 201, 61 Stat. 581. 1946 July 20, 1946, ch. 589, title II, 60 Stat. 594. § 601. Statistical information. The Secretary of Commerce shall have control of the work of gathering and distributing statistical information naturally relating to the subjects confided to his department; and he shall have the power and authority to rearrange the statistical work of the bureaus and offices confided to the Department of Commerce, and to consolidate any of the statistical bureaus and offices above described. He shall also have authority to call upon other departments of the Government for statistical data and results obtained by them; and he may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise. (Feb. 14. 1903, ch. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 826.) CROSS REFERENCES Statistical information generally, see chapter 5 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. $$ 601a-601d. Transferred. CODIFICATION Sections 601a-601d have been transferred to sections 189, 189a, 192, and 192a, respectively, of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. § 602. Transfer of statistical or scientific work. The President is authorized, by order in writing, to transfer at any time the whole or any part of any office, bureau, division, or other branch of the public service engaged in statistical or scientific work, from the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Post Office Department, or the Department of the Interior, to the Department of Commerce; and in every such case the duties and authority performed by and conferred by law upon such office, bureau, division, or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof so transferred, shall be thereby transferred with such office, bureau, division, or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof which is so transferred. All power and authority conferred by law, both supervisory and appellate, upon the department from which such transfer is made, or the Secretary thereof, in relation to the said office, bureau, division, or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof so transferred, shall immediately, when such transfer is so ordered by the President, be fully conferred upon and vested in the Department of Commerce, or the Secretary thereof, as the case may be, as to the whole or part of such office, bureau, division, or other branch of the public service so transferred. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 12, 32 Stat. 830; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 201 (a), 61 Stat. 501; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 4, 63 Stat. 579.) CODIFICATION The Department of Defense was substituted for the Departments of the Army and Navy by act July 26, 1947, as amended Aug. 10, 1949. § 603. Custody of buildings; officers transferred. The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge, in the buildings or premises occupied by or appropriated to the Department of Commerce, of the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property pertaining to it or acquired for use in its business; and he shall be allowed to expend for periodicals and the purposes of the library, and for the rental of appropriate quarters for the accommodation of the Department of Commerce within the District of Columbia, and for all other incidental expenses, such sums as Congress may provide from time to time. Where any office, bureau, or branch of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce is occupying rented buildings or premises, it may still continue to do so until other suitable quarters are provided for its use. All officers, clerks, and employees employed on February 14, 1903, in or by any of the bureaus, offices, departments, or branches of the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce are each and all transferred to said department, except where otherwise provided by law. All laws prescribing the work and defining the duties of the several bureaus, offices, departments, or branches of the public service transferred to and made a part of the Department of Commerce shall, so far as the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. remain in full force and effect until otherwise provided by law. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552. § 9. 32 Stat. 829.) § 604. Annual and special reports. The Secretary of Commerce shall annually, at the close of each fiscal year, make a report in writing to Congress, giving an account of all moneys received and disbursed by him and his Department, and describing the work done by the Department in fostering, promoting, and developing the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries, and the transportation facilities, of the United States, and making such recommendations as he shall deem necessary for the effective performance of the duties and purposes of the Department. He shall also from time to time make such special investigations and reports as he may be required to do by the President, or by either House of Congress, or which he himself may deem necessary and urgent. (Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 8. 32 Stat. 829.) 8 605. Lease of Commerce Building. CODIFICATION Lease authorized by this section, act Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 1, 40 Stat. 1262, was made May 31, 1919, for a fiveyear term. Since the removal of the Department of Commerce to the Commerce Building on Jan. 1, 1932, the provisions of this section have been omitted from appropriation acts. § 606. Fees for services or publications furnished by Department; disposition of receipts. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish, from time to time, a schedule or schedules of reasonable fees or charges for services performed or for any publications furnished by the Department of Commerce or any of the agencies thereof, to, for, or on behalf of individuals, corporations, associations, or others, at their request or as required by law, except those services performed for or publications furnished to the Government of the United States, its Territories or possessions, and the governments of the several States and the District of Columbia. All charges or fees authorized shall be collected by the Secretary of Commerce or his representatives from the aforesaid individuals, corporations, associations, or others, and the proceeds thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That nothing in this section shall alter, amend, modify, or repeal any existing law prescribing fees Section, acts July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title III, § 301, 61 Stat. 295; June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title III, § 301, 62 Stat. 322; July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title III, § 301, 63 Stat. 462; Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. III, title III, § 301, 64 Stat. 620, was omitted as superseded by chapter 23 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. § 607. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement. There is established a working capital fund of $100,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the payment of salaries and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and operation of (1) central duplicating, photographic, drafting, and photostating services and (2) such other services as the Secretary, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, determines may be performed more advantageously as central services; said fund to be reimbursed from applicable funds of bureaus, offices, and agencies for which services are performed on the basis of rates which shall include estimated or actual charges for personal services, materials, equipment (including maintenance, repairs, and depreciation) and other expenses: Provided, That such central services shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate like services in the bureaus, offices, and agencies of the Department: Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures and reimbursements, and a statement of the current assets and liabilities of the working capital fund as of the close of the last completed fiscal year, shall be included in the annual Budget. (June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title III, 1, 58 Stat. 415.) 8608. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1 (39), 65 Stat. 702. Section, act June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 930, related to transfer, by the Secretary of Commerce, of Coast and Geodetic Survey instruments of historical value only, to education institutions and museums, and is now covered by sections 483 and 484 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. § 608a. Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts and bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Department of Commerce. Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts or bequests shall be deposited in the Treasury in a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Secretary of Commerce. Property accepted pursuant to this provision, and the proceeds thereof, shall be used as nearly as possible in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. (Pub. L. 88-611, § 1, Oct. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991.) iSo in original. TRANSFER OF FUNDS Section 4(b) of Pub. L. 88-611 provided that: "All gifts and bequests received under the provisions of law repealed by subsection (a) of this section [which repealed section 278a of Title 15, section 883g of Title 33, and section 1126(g) of Title 46] and all funds held on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 2, 1964] in the United States Merchant Marine Academy general gift fund, established by subsection (g) of section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 [former subsec. (g) of section 1126 of Title 46], shall be transferred to the fund authorized by this Act [sections 608a-608c of this title] and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this Act [sections 608a-608c of this title]." § 608b. Same; tax status. For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, property accepted under section 608a of this title shall be considered as a gift or bequest to or for the use of the United States. (Pub. L. 88611, § 2, Oct. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991.) §608c. Same; investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest. Upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest and reinvest in securities of the United States or in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States any moneys contained in the fund authorized herein. Income accruing from such securities, and from any other property accepted pursuant to section 608a of this title, shall be deposited to the credit of the fun authorized herein, and shall be disbursed upon order of the Secretary of Commerce. (Pub. L. 88-611, § 3, Oct. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991.) 622. 622a. Mediation of labor disputes; duties, powers, etc.. transferred to Department. Reports and investigations. Same; records and papers and furniture trans ferred to Department. Same; laws operative. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; capitalization; reimbursement. § 611. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal. There shall be an executive department in the Government to be called the Department of Labor, with a Secretary of Labor, who shall be the head thereof, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose tenure of office shall be like that of the heads of the other executive departments. The provisions of sections 1-9, 22, 23-25, 33, 38, 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 104, and 106 of this title shall be applicable to said department. The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, |