Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions
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/us/usc/t15/s190
Title
15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter
CH5
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No part of the consular and other commercial reports of the Department of Commerce, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.
(Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 23 Stat. 324; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted “Department of Commerce” for “Department of Commerce and Labor”.
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
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