44 U.S.C. § 1310 — Commerce Department: navigation and weather information

The Secretary of Commerce may cause to be printed the number of copies of tide tables, coast pilots, and other special publications relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Weather Bureau maps, charts, bulletins of not more than one hundred octavo pages, and minor reports of the Weather Bureau, he considers for the best interest of the Government. ( Pub. L. 90–620 , Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1267 .) Historical and Revision Notes Based on 44 U.S. C ode, 1964 ed., § 213 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622 ; Mar. 13, 1896 , No. 23, 29 Stat. 466 ; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 4, 43 Stat. 1106 ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940 , 54 Stat. 1234 ; Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819 , 79 Stat. 1318 ). This section incorporates only parts of former section 213 relating to Coast and Geodetic Survey and Weather Bureau. The balance will be found in sections 1102, 1116, 1302, 1308, 1309, 1336 of the revision. Executive Documents Change of Name Weather Bureau of Department of Commerce consolidated with Coast and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in Department of Commerce to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration and office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819 , 79 Stat. 1318 , set out in the Appendix to Title 5 , Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Bureau and Chief of Bureau transferred to Secretary of Commerce by the Plan. Environmental Science Services Administration abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970 , 35 F.R. 15627 , 84 Stat. 2090 , set out in the Appendix to Title 5 , Government Organization and Employees, which created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce . By Department Organization Order 25–5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486 , Secretary of Commerce delegated to NOAA his functions relating to Weather Bureau. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, organization name of Weather Bureau changed to National Weather Service. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, 35 F.R. 19249 , Dec. 19, 1970 , Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. For further details, see Codification note set out under section 311 of Title 15 , Commerce and Trade.

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