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title: "15 U.S.C. § 279"
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description: "Absence of Director"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "7"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY"
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section: "279"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 279 - Absence of Director
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## Text
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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.
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(Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1231; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.
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Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “Bureau of Standards” and “Institute” for “bureau”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Change of Name Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary of Commerce and Labor”.
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