Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Every section of Title 15 of the United States Code, commerce and trade — 2,668 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 15 U.S.C. § 1472 — Special packaging standards
• 15 U.S.C. § 1472a — Special packaging for liquid nicotine containers
• 15 U.S.C. § 1473 — Conventional packages, marketing
• 15 U.S.C. § 1474 — Regulations for special packaging standards
• 15 U.S.C. § 1475 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, §1205(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716
• 15 U.S.C. § 1476 — Preemption of Federal standards
• 15 U.S.C. § 1477 — Enforcement by State Attorneys General
• 15 U.S.C. § 1501 — Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal
• 15 U.S.C. § 1503a — Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
• 15 U.S.C. § 1503b — Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
• 15 U.S.C. § 1504 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–195, §1(c)(1), June 16, 1982, 96 Stat. 115
• 15 U.S.C. § 1505 — Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries
• 15 U.S.C. § 1506 — Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; applicability of section 1505
• 15 U.S.C. § 1507 — Additional Assistant Secretary; appointment; compensation; duties
• 15 U.S.C. § 1507a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–31, §12(5), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154
• 15 U.S.C. § 1507b — Assistant Secretary of Commerce; appointment; compensation; duties
• 15 U.S.C. § 1507c — Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; duties; appointment; compensation
• 15 U.S.C. § 1508 — General Counsel
• 15 U.S.C. § 1509 — Designation of officer to sign routine papers
• 15 U.S.C. § 1510 — Clerical assistants
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511 — Bureaus in Department
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511a — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–219, §3(a)(2), Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1613
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511b — United States fishery trade officers
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511c — Estuarine Programs Office
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511d — Chesapeake Bay Office
• 15 U.S.C. § 1511e — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, §6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444
• 15 U.S.C. § 1512 — Powers and duties of Department
• 15 U.S.C. § 1513 — Duties and powers vested in Department
• 15 U.S.C. § 1513a — Cost estimates for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs included in Department budget justification
• 15 U.S.C. § 1513b — Cost estimates for National Institute of Standards and Technology construction projects included in Department budget justification
• 15 U.S.C. § 1514 — Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department
• 15 U.S.C. § 1515 — Records, etc., of bureaus transferred to Department of Commerce
• 15 U.S.C. § 1516 — Statistical information
• 15 U.S.C. § 1516a — Statistics relating to social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Spanish origin or descent
• 15 U.S.C. § 1517 — Transfer of statistical or scientific work
• 15 U.S.C. § 1518 — Custody of buildings; officers transferred
• 15 U.S.C. § 1519 — Annual and special reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1519a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–449, §7(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2443
• 15 U.S.C. § 1520 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–412, §3(d), Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 864
• 15 U.S.C. § 1521 — Working capital fund; establishment; amount; uses; reimbursement
• 15 U.S.C. § 1521a — Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
• 15 U.S.C. § 1522 — Acceptance of gifts and bequests for purposes of the Department; separate fund; disbursements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1523 — Tax status of gifts and bequests of property
• 15 U.S.C. § 1524 — Investment and reinvestments of moneys; credit and disbursement of interest
• 15 U.S.C. § 1525 — Special studies; special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; clearinghouse for technical information; transcripts or copies; cost payments for special work; joint projects: cost apportionment, waiver
• 15 U.S.C. § 1526 — Receipts for work or services; deposit in special accounts; availability for payment of costs, repayment or advances to appropriations or funds, refunds, credits to working capital funds; appropriation limitation of annual expenditures from accounts
• 15 U.S.C. § 1527 — Fees or charges for services or publications under existing law unaffected
• 15 U.S.C. § 1527a — Economics and Statistics Administration Revolving Fund
• 15 U.S.C. § 1528 — Transferred
• 15 U.S.C. § 1529 — Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction over certain lands
• 15 U.S.C. § 1530 — Awarding of contracts for performance of commercial activity by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• 15 U.S.C. § 1531 — Buying Power Maintenance accounts for International Trade Administration, Export Administration, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration
• 15 U.S.C. § 1532 — Telecommunications; electromagnetic radiation; research, analysis, dissemination of information; other functions of Secretary
• 15 U.S.C. § 1533 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–358, title IV, §407(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4004
• 15 U.S.C. § 1534 — Assessment of fees for access to environmental data
• 15 U.S.C. § 1535 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, §6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444
• 15 U.S.C. § 1536 — Prohibition against fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels
• 15 U.S.C. § 1537 — Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution
• 15 U.S.C. § 1538 — Notice of reprogramming
• 15 U.S.C. § 1539 — Financial assistance
• 15 U.S.C. § 1540 — Cooperative agreements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1541 — Administrative Law Judges
• 15 U.S.C. § 1542 — Establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program
• 15 U.S.C. § 1543 — Task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth
• 15 U.S.C. § 1544 — Promotion of tourist travel
• 15 U.S.C. § 1545 — Cooperation with travel agencies; publication of information
• 15 U.S.C. § 1546 — United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board
• 15 U.S.C. § 1547 — Rules and regulations; employees
• 15 U.S.C. § 1548 — Authorization of appropriations
• 15 U.S.C. § 1601 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• 15 U.S.C. § 1602 — Definitions and rules of construction
• 15 U.S.C. § 1603 — Exempted transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1604 — Disclosure guidelines
• 15 U.S.C. § 1605 — Determination of finance charge
• 15 U.S.C. § 1606 — Determination of annual percentage rate
• 15 U.S.C. § 1607 — Administrative enforcement
• 15 U.S.C. § 1608 — Views of other agencies
• 15 U.S.C. § 1609 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–239, §3(b)(1), Mar. 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 253
• 15 U.S.C. § 1610 — Effect on other laws
• 15 U.S.C. § 1611 — Criminal liability for willful and knowing violation
• 15 U.S.C. § 1612 — Effect on government agencies
• 15 U.S.C. § 1613 — Annual reports to Congress by Bureau
• 15 U.S.C. § 1614 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–221, title VI, §616(b), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 182
• 15 U.S.C. § 1615 — Prohibition on use of "Rule of 78's" in connection with mortgage refinancings and other consumer loans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1616 — Board review of consumer credit plans and regulations
• 15 U.S.C. § 1631 — Disclosure requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1632 — Form of disclosure; additional information
• 15 U.S.C. § 1633 — Exemption for State-regulated transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1634 — Effect of subsequent occurrence
• 15 U.S.C. § 1635 — Right of rescission as to certain transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1636 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–221, title VI, §614(e)(1), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 180
• 15 U.S.C. § 1637 — Open end consumer credit plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1637a — Disclosure requirements for open end consumer credit plans secured by consumer's principal dwelling
• 15 U.S.C. § 1638 — Transactions other than under an open end credit plan
• 15 U.S.C. § 1638a — Reset of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639 — Requirements for certain mortgages
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639a — Duty of servicers of residential mortgages
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639b — Residential mortgage loan origination
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639c — Minimum standards for residential mortgage loans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639d — Escrow or impound accounts relating to certain consumer credit transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639e — Appraisal independence requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639f — Requirements for prompt crediting of home loan payments
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639g — Requests for payoff amounts of home loan
• 15 U.S.C. § 1639h — Property appraisal requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1640 — Civil liability
• 15 U.S.C. § 1641 — Liability of assignees
• 15 U.S.C. § 1642 — Issuance of credit cards
• 15 U.S.C. § 1643 — Liability of holder of credit card
• 15 U.S.C. § 1644 — Fraudulent use of credit cards; penalties
• 15 U.S.C. § 1645 — Business credit cards; limits on liability of employees
• 15 U.S.C. § 1646 — Dissemination of annual percentage rates; implementation, etc.
• 15 U.S.C. § 1647 — Home equity plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1648 — Reverse mortgages
• 15 U.S.C. § 1649 — Certain limitations on liability
• 15 U.S.C. § 1650 — Preventing unfair and deceptive private educational lending practices and eliminating conflicts of interest
• 15 U.S.C. § 1651 — Procedure for timely settlement of estates of decedent obligors
• 15 U.S.C. § 1661 — Catalogs and multiple-page advertisements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1662 — Advertising of downpayments and installments
• 15 U.S.C. § 1663 — Advertising of open end credit plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1664 — Advertising of credit other than open end plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665 — Nonliability of advertising media
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665a — Use of annual percentage rate in oral disclosures; exceptions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665b — Advertising of open end consumer credit plans secured by consumer's principal dwelling
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665c — Interest rate reduction on open end consumer credit plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665d — Reasonable penalty fees on open end consumer credit plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 1665e — Consideration of ability to repay
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666 — Correction of billing errors
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666a — Regulation of credit reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666b — Timing of payments
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666c — Prompt and fair crediting of payments
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666d — Treatment of credit balances
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666e — Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666f — Inducements to cardholders by sellers of cash discounts for payments by cash, check or similar means; finance charge for sales transactions involving cash discounts
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666g — Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666h — Offset of cardholder's indebtedness by issuer of credit card with funds deposited with issuer by cardholder; remedies of creditors under State law not affected
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666i — Assertion by cardholder against card issuer of claims and defenses arising out of credit card transaction; prerequisites; limitation on amount of claims or defenses
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666i-1 — Limits on interest rate, fee, and finance charge increases applicable to outstanding balances
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666i-2 — Additional limits on interest rate increases
• 15 U.S.C. § 1666j — Applicability of State laws
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667 — Definitions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667a — Consumer lease disclosures
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667b — Lessee's liability on expiration or termination of lease
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667c — Consumer lease advertising; liability of advertising media
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667d — Civil liability of lessors
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667e — Applicability of State laws; exemptions by Bureau from leasing requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 1667f — Regulations
• 15 U.S.C. § 1671 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• 15 U.S.C. § 1672 — Definitions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1673 — Restriction on garnishment
• 15 U.S.C. § 1674 — Restriction on discharge from employment by reason of garnishment
• 15 U.S.C. § 1675 — Exemption for State-regulated garnishments
• 15 U.S.C. § 1676 — Enforcement by Secretary of Labor
• 15 U.S.C. § 1677 — Effect on State laws
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679 — Findings and purposes
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679a — Definitions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679b — Prohibited practices
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679c — Disclosures
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679d — Credit repair organizations contracts
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679e — Right to cancel contract
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679f — Noncompliance with this subchapter
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679g — Civil liability
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679h — Administrative enforcement
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679i — Statute of limitations
• 15 U.S.C. § 1679j — Relation to State law
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681 — Congressional findings and statement of purpose
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681a — Definitions; rules of construction
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681b — Permissible purposes of consumer reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681c — Requirements relating to information contained in consumer reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681c-1 — Identity theft prevention; fraud alerts and active duty alerts
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681c-2 — Block of information resulting from identity theft
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681c-3 — Adverse information in cases of trafficking
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681d — Disclosure of investigative consumer reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681e — Compliance procedures
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681f — Disclosures to governmental agencies
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681g — Disclosures to consumers
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681h — Conditions and form of disclosure to consumers
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681i — Procedure in case of disputed accuracy
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681j — Charges for certain disclosures
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681k — Public record information for employment purposes
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681l — Restrictions on investigative consumer reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681m — Requirements on users of consumer reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681n — Civil liability for willful noncompliance
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681o — Civil liability for negligent noncompliance
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681p — Jurisdiction of courts; limitation of actions
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681q — Obtaining information under false pretenses
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681r — Unauthorized disclosures by officers or employees
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681s — Administrative enforcement
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-1 — Information on overdue child support obligations
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2 — Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-3 — Affiliate sharing
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681t — Relation to State laws
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681u — Disclosures to FBI for counterintelligence purposes
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681v — Disclosures to governmental agencies for counterterrorism purposes
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681w — Disposal of records
• 15 U.S.C. § 1681x — Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited
• 15 U.S.C. § 1691 — Scope of prohibition
• 15 U.S.C. § 1691a — Definitions; rules of construction
• 15 U.S.C. § 1691b — Promulgation of regulations by the Bureau
• 15 U.S.C. § 1691c — Administrative enforcement
• 15 U.S.C. § 1691c-1 — Incentives for self-testing and self-correction