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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code 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. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 159"
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description: "Unauthorized use of legend; penalty"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "4"
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chapter_name: "CHINA TRADE"
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section: "159"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 159"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s159"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-15/usc15.xml"
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source_hash: "374c64a53854421b0b0543f46d226045043197e97167b8412d010c64649b53e3"
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raw_snapshot_hash: "6982338d990ef19d6b52bff6825089bdd6d0ee1233d9382673faf533decd5059"
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text_hash: "2d101e50653815c6c8b983c2567bf697030a28f8820711384163137fea9e8850"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 15 U.S.C. § 159 - Unauthorized use of legend; penalty
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## Text
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No individual, partnership, or association, or corporation not incorporated under this chapter or under a law of the United States, shall engage in business within China under a name in connection with which the legend “Federal Inc. U.S.A.” is used. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation.
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(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 19, 42 Stat. 855.)
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