Federal

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

2,701 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 4001 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 4002 — Definitions
• § 4003 — Office of Export Trade in Department of Commerce
• § 401 to 411 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–613, § 19 , formerly § 18, July 12, 1960 , 74 Stat. 381 ; renumbered Pub. L. 91–113, § 4(a) , Nov. 6, 1969 , 83 Stat. 189
• § 4011 — Export trade promotion duties of Secretary of Commerce
• § 4012 — Application for issuance of certificate of review
• § 4013 — Issuance of certificate
• § 4014 — Reporting requirement; amendment of certificate; revocation
• § 4015 — Judicial review; admissibility
• § 4016 — Protection conferred by certificate of review
• § 4017 — Guidelines
• § 4018 — Annual reports
• § 4019 — Disclosure of information
• § 4020 — Rules and regulations
• § 4021 — Definitions
• § 4051 — Requirement of prior authorization
• § 4052 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4053 — Barter arrangements
• § 41 — Federal Trade Commission established; membership; vacancies; seal
• § 4101 — Congressional findings and declaration of purposes
• § 4102 — Arctic Research Commission
• § 4103 — Duties of Commission; publication of guidelines; report to Congress
• § 4104 — Cooperation with Commission
• § 4105 — Administration
• § 4106 — Implementation of Arctic research policy
• § 4107 — Duties of Interagency Committee; report to Congress
• § 4108 — Arctic research plan
• § 4109 — Coordination and review of budget requests; Office of Science and Technology Policy; Office of Management and Budget
• § 4110 — Authorization of appropriations; new spending authority
• § 4111 — “Arctic” defined
• § 4112 — Annual agency budget and spending report
• § 42 — Employees; expenses
• § 4201 to 4204 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4211 to 4215 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4221 to 4228 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4241 to 4246 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4261 to 4264 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4271 to 4278 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 4291, 4292 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–555, § 4 , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4166
• § 43 — Office and place of meeting
• § 4301 — Definitions
• § 4302 — Rule of reason standard
• § 4303 — Limitation on recovery
• § 4304 — Award of costs, including attorney’s fees, to substantially prevailing party; offset
• § 4305 — Disclosure of joint venture
• § 4306 — Application of section 4303 protections to production of products, processes, and services
• § 431 — Definitions
• § 432 — Boards of trade dealing in agricultural products; exclusion of representatives of cooperative associations prohibited
• § 433 — Remedies of cooperative association excluded from representation
• § 44 — Definitions
• § 4401 — Public education
• § 4402 — Smokeless tobacco warning
• § 4403 — Ingredient reporting
• § 4404 — Enforcement, regulations, and construction
• § 4405 — Injunctions
• § 4406 — Preemption
• § 4407 — Omitted
• § 4408 — Definitions
• § 45 — Unfair methods of competition unlawful; prevention by Commission
• § 4501 — Restitutionary amounts covered
• § 4502 — Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts
• § 4503 — Deposit of remainder of excess amount into Treasury as indirect restitution
• § 4504 — Statute of limitation
• § 4505 — Reports
• § 4506 — Termination
• § 4507 — Definitions
• § 45a — Labels on products
• § 45b — Consumer review protection
• § 45c — Unfair and deceptive acts and practices relating to circumvention of ticket access control measures
• § 45d — Unfair or deceptive acts or practices with respect to substance use disorder treatment service and products
• § 45e — Office for the prevention of fraud targeting seniors
• § 45f — Collection, verification, and disclosure of information by online marketplaces to inform consumers
• § 46 — Additional powers of Commission
• § 4601 — Findings, purposes, and definitions
• § 4602 — Grants to Sematech
• § 4603 — Semiconductor Technology Council
• § 4603a — Study and report by Semiconductor Technology Council
• § 4604 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1031(a)(2) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 714
• § 4605 — Export of semiconductor manufacturing
• § 4606 — Protection of information
• § 4621 — Findings
• § 4622 — Establishment of semiconductor manufacturing technology research initiative
• § 4623 — Participation of national laboratories of Department of Energy
• § 4624 — Personnel exchanges
• § 4625 — Other Department of Energy resources
• § 4626 — Budgeting for semiconductor manufacturing technology research
• § 4627 — Cost-sharing agreements
• § 4628 — Department of Energy oversight of cooperative agreements relating to Initiative
• § 4629 — Avoidance of duplication
• § 4630 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4631 — Technology transfer
• § 4632 — Semiconductor research and development
• § 4651 — Definitions
• § 4652 — Semiconductor incentives
• § 4653 — Department of Defense
• § 4654 — Department of Commerce study on status of microelectronics technologies in the United States industrial base
• § 4655 — Funding for development and adoption of measurably secure semiconductors and measurably secure semiconductors supply chains
• § 4656 — Advanced microelectronics research and development
• § 4657 — Prohibition relating to foreign entities of concern
• § 4658 — Defense Production Act of 1950 efforts
• § 4659 — Additional authorities
• § 46a — Concurrent resolution essential to authorize investigations
• § 47 — Reference of suits under antitrust statutes to Commission
• § 4701 to 4704 — Omitted
• § 4705 to 4705c — Omitted
• § 4711 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, § 671(1) , Sept. 30, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1407
• § 4712 — Barter and countertrade
• § 4721 — United States and Foreign Commercial Service
• § 4721a — State trade coordination
• § 4722 — Transferred
• § 4723 — Market Development Cooperator Program
• § 4723a — United States Commercial Centers
• § 4724 — Trade shows
• § 4725 — United States and Foreign Commercial Service Pacific Rim initiative
• § 4726 — Indian tribes export promotion
• § 4727 — Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
• § 4727a — Implementation of primary objectives of TPCC
• § 4728 — Environmental trade promotion
• § 4728a — State and Federal Export Promotion Coordination Working Group
• § 4729 — Report on export policy
• § 48 — Information and assistance from departments
• § 4801 — Findings and purpose
• § 4802 — Council established
• § 4803 — Duties of Council
• § 4804 — Membership
• § 4805 — Executive Director and staff
• § 4806 — Powers of Council
• § 4807 — Annual report
• § 4808 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4809 — Definitions
• § 49 — Documentary evidence; depositions; witnesses
• § 4901 — Definitions
• § 4902 — Interagency Trade Data Advisory Committee
• § 4903 — Functions of Committee
• § 4904 — Consultation with private sector and government officials
• § 4905 — Cooperation among executive agencies
• § 4906 — Establishment of Data Bank
• § 4907 — Operation of Data Bank
• § 4908 — Information on service sector
• § 4909 — Exclusion of information
• § 4910 — Nonduplication
• § 4911 — Collection of data
• § 4912 — Fees and access
• § 4913 — Omitted
• § 5 — Bringing in additional parties
• § 50 — Offenses and penalties
• § 5001 — Penalties for entering into commerce of imitation firearms
• § 501 — Creation of body corporate; directors; principal office; agencies
• § 502 — Board of directors of Textile Foundation
• § 503 — Purpose of Foundation
• § 504 — Powers of Foundation
• § 505 — Report to Congress
• § 506 — Amendment and repeal of chapter
• § 51 — Effect on other statutory provisions
• § 5101 — Findings and purposes
• § 5102 — Definitions
• § 5103 — Establishment of scientific research and development program to develop competitive manufacturing technologies and increase energy efficiency in steel and aluminum industries
• § 5104 — Protection of proprietary rights
• § 5105 — Coordination
• § 5106 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–229, title VI, § 602(c)(1) , May 8, 2008 , 122 Stat. 853
• § 5107 — Reports
• § 5108 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 5109 — Relation of existing program
• § 5110 — Drug-free workplace
• § 52 — Dissemination of false advertisements
• § 5201 — Findings and purposes
• § 5202 — National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development
• § 5203 — Department of Energy
• § 5204 — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• § 5205 — National Science Foundation
• § 5206 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• § 5207 — Department of Defense
• § 5208 — International cooperation
• § 5209 — Technology transfer
• § 521 — Fishing industry; associations authorized; “aquatic products” defined; marketing agencies; requirements
• § 522 — Monopolies or restraints of trade; service of complaint by Secretary of Commerce; hearing; order to cease and desist; jurisdiction of district court
• § 53 — False advertisements; injunctions and restraining orders
• § 5301 — Findings
• § 5302 — Definitions
• § 5303 — Establishment of program
• § 5304 — Operation of program
• § 5305 — Review
• § 5306 — Industrial Advisory Board
• § 5307 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 5308 — Protection of proprietary rights
• § 5309 — Omitted
• § 54 — False advertisements; penalties
• § 5401 — Findings
• § 5402 — Definitions
• § 5403 — Sale of fasteners
• § 5404 to 5406 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–34, § 4(a) , June 8, 1999 , 113 Stat. 121
• § 5407 — Manufacturers’ insignias
• § 5408 — Remedies and penalties
• § 5409 — Recordkeeping requirements
• § 5410 — Relationship to State laws
• § 5411 — Construction
• § 5411a — Certification and accreditation
• § 5411b — Applicability
• § 5412 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–34, § 10 , June 8, 1999 , 113 Stat. 123
• § 5413 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–113, § 11(j) , Mar. 7, 1996 , 110 Stat. 782