Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1151"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
chapter_number: "23"
chapter_name: "DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION"
section: "1151"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1151"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
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---
# 15 U.S.C. § 1151 - Purpose of chapter
## Text
The purpose of this chapter is to make the results of technological research and development more readily available to industry and business, and to the general public, by clarifying and defining the functions and responsibilities of the Department of Commerce as a central clearinghouse for technical information which is useful to American industry and business.
(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, § 1, 64 Stat. 823.)