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.

• § 5414 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–34, § 10 , June 8, 1999 , 113 Stat. 123
• § 55 — Additional definitions
• § 5501 — Findings
• § 5502 — Purposes
• § 5503 — Definitions
• § 5511 — Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program
• § 5512 — Grand Challenges in areas of national importance
• § 5513 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(h) , Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2982
• § 5521 — National Science Foundation activities
• § 5522 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities
• § 5523 — Department of Energy activities
• § 5524 — Department of Commerce activities
• § 5525 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(n) , Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2984
• § 5526 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105 ( o ), Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2984
• § 5527 — Miscellaneous provisions
• § 5528 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(q) , Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2984
• § 5541 — Definitions
• § 5542 — Department of Energy high-end computing research and development program
• § 5543 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(u) , Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2985
• § 5544 — Transferred
• § 56 — Commencement, defense, intervention and supervision of litigation and appeal by Commission or Attorney General
• § 5601 — Transferred
• § 5602 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5611 to 5615 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5621 to 5625 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5631 to 5633 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5641 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5651 to 5658 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5671, 5672 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 57 — Separability clause
• § 5701 — Short title; findings
• § 5711 — Federal Trade Commission regulations
• § 5712 — Actions by States
• § 5713 — Administration and applicability of subchapter
• § 5714 — Definitions
• § 5721 — Regulations
• § 5722 — Relation to State laws
• § 5723 — Enforcement
• § 5724 — Definitions
• § 57a — Unfair or deceptive acts or practices rulemaking proceedings
• § 57a–1 — Omitted
• § 57b — Civil actions for violations of rules and cease and desist orders respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices
• § 57b–1 — Civil investigative demands
• § 57b–2 — Confidentiality
• § 57b–2a — Confidentiality and delayed notice of compulsory process for certain third parties
• § 57b–2b — Protection for voluntary provision of information
• § 57b–3 — Rulemaking process
• § 57b–4 — Good faith reliance on actions of Board of Governors
• § 57b–5 — Agricultural cooperatives
• § 57c — Authorization of appropriations
• § 57c–1 — Staff exchanges
• § 57c–2 — Reimbursement of expenses
• § 58 — Short title
• § 5801 — Transferred
• § 5802, 5803 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5804 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
• § 5805 to 5808 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3444
• § 5901 — Findings
• § 5902 — State reciprocity of weapons licenses issued to armored car company crew members
• § 5903 — Relation to other laws
• § 5904 — Definitions
• § 6 — Forfeiture of property in transit
• § 6001 — Establishment of program
• § 6002 — Purposes for grants
• § 6003 — Report to Congress
• § 6004 — Standards
• § 6005 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 6006 — “Approved bicycle helmet” defined
• § 601 to 616 — Repealed or Omitted
• § 61 — Export trade; definitions
• § 6101 — Findings
• § 6102 — Telemarketing rules
• § 6103 — Actions by States
• § 6104 — Actions by private persons
• § 6105 — Administration and applicability of chapter
• § 6106 — Definitions
• § 6107 — Enforcement of orders
• § 6108 — Review
• § 6151 — National Do-Not-Call Registry
• § 6152 — Telemarketing Sales Rule; do-not-call registry fees
• § 6153 — Federal Communications Commission do-not-call regulations
• § 6154 — Reporting requirements
• § 6155 — Prohibition of expiration date
• § 616a — Transferred
• § 617 to 619 — Repealed or Omitted
• § 62 — Export trade and antitrust legislation
• § 6201 — Disclosure to foreign antitrust authority of antitrust evidence
• § 6202 — Investigations to assist foreign antitrust authority in obtaining antitrust evidence
• § 6203 — Jurisdiction of district courts of United States
• § 6204 — Limitations on authority
• § 6205 — Exception to certain disclosure restrictions
• § 6206 — Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements
• § 6207 — Conditions on use of antitrust mutual assistance agreements
• § 6208 — Limitations on judicial review
• § 6209 — Preservation of existing authority
• § 6210 — Report to Congress
• § 6211 — Definitions
• § 6212 — Authority to receive reimbursement
• § 63 — Acquisition of stock of export trade corporation
• § 6301 — Definitions
• § 6302 — Purposes
• § 6303 — Boxing matches in States without boxing commissions
• § 6304 — Safety standards
• § 6305 — Registration
• § 6306 — Review
• § 6307 — Reporting
• § 6307a — Contract requirements
• § 6307b — Protection from coercive contracts
• § 6307c — Sanctioning organizations
• § 6307d — Required disclosures to State boxing commissions by sanctioning organizations
• § 6307e — Required disclosures for promoters
• § 6307f — Required disclosures for judges and referees
• § 6307g — Confidentiality
• § 6307h — Judges and referees
• § 6308 — Conflicts of interest
• § 6309 — Enforcement
• § 631 — Declaration of policy
• § 6310 — Notification of supervising boxing commission
• § 6311 — Studies
• § 6312 — Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian reservations
• § 6313 — Relationship with State law
• § 631a — Congressional declaration of small business economic policy
• § 631b — Reports to Congress; state of small business
• § 631c — Small Business Manufacturing Task Force
• § 632 — Definitions
• § 633 — Small Business Administration
• § 633a — Detailed justification for proposed changes in budget requests
• § 634 — General powers
• § 634a — Office of Advocacy within Small Business Administration; Chief Counsel for Advocacy
• § 634b — Primary functions of Office of Advocacy
• § 634c — Additional duties of Office of Advocacy
• § 634d — Staff and powers of Office of Advocacy
• § 634e — Assistance of Government agencies
• § 634f — Reports
• § 634g — Budgetary line item and authorization of appropriations
• § 635 — Deposit of moneys; depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents; contributions to employees’ compensation funds
• § 636 — Additional powers
• § 636a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XIX, § 1917 , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 781
• § 636b — Disaster loan interest rates
• § 636c — Age of applicant for disaster loans
• § 636d — Disaster aid to major sources of employment
• § 636e — Definitions
• § 636f — Coordination of efforts between the Administrator and the Internal Revenue Service to expedite loan processing
• § 636g — Development and implementation of major disaster response plan
• § 636h — Disaster planning responsibilities
• § 636i — Small business bonding threshold
• § 636j — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–6, div. D, title V, § 532 , Feb. 15, 2019 , 133 Stat. 180
• § 636k — Reports on disaster assistance
• § 636l — Semiannual report
• § 636m — Loan forgiveness
• § 637 — Additional powers
• § 637a — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–409, § 3(b) , May 2, 1966 , 80 Stat. 133
• § 637b — Availability of information
• § 637c — Definitions
• § 637d — Subcontracting plan reports
• § 638 — Research and development
• § 638a — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–83, § 10 ( l ), Apr. 13, 2026 , 140 Stat. 769
• § 638b — Reducing vulnerability of SBIR and STTR programs to fraud, waste, and abuse
• § 639 — Reporting requirements and agency cooperation
• § 639a — Review of loan program; submission of estimated needs for additional authorization
• § 639b — Oversight
• § 64 — Unfair methods of competition in export trade
• § 640 — Voluntary agreements among small-business concerns
• § 6401 — Findings
• § 6402 — Definitions
• § 6403 — Referenda
• § 6404 — Propane Education and Research Council
• § 6405 — Assessments
• § 6406 — Compliance
• § 6407 — Lobbying restrictions
• § 6408 — Market survey and consumer protection
• § 6409 — Pricing
• § 641 — Transfer to Administration of other functions, powers, and duties
• § 6410 — Relation to other programs
• § 6411 — Reports
• § 642 — Requirements for loans
• § 643 — Fair charge for use of Government-owned property
• § 644 — Awards or contracts
• § 644a — Small Business Procurement Advisory Council
• § 645 — Offenses and penalties
• § 645a — Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small Business Administration
• § 646 — Liens
• § 647 — Duplication of activities of other Federal departments or agencies
• § 648 — Small business development center program authorization
• § 648a — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–140, title VI, § 609(e) , Oct. 28, 1991 , 105 Stat. 826
• § 648b — Grants for SBDCs
• § 648c — SBA and USPTO partnerships
• § 649 — Office of International Trade
• § 649a — Omitted
• § 649b — Grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for international marketing programs
• § 649c — Authorization of appropriations
• § 649d — Central information clearinghouse
• § 65 — Information required from export trade corporation; powers of Federal Trade Commission
• § 650 — Supervisory and enforcement authority for small business lending companies
• § 6501 — Definitions
• § 6502 — Regulation of unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with collection and use of personal information from and about children on the Internet
• § 6503 — Safe harbors
• § 6504 — Actions by States
• § 6505 — Administration and applicability
• § 6506 — Review