15 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 1505: Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 1505: Additional Assistant Secretary; duties, rank of Assistant Secretaries

There shall be in the Department of Commerce one additional
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Secretary of Commerce may assign to his Assistant Secretaries such
duties, including the direction of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, as he shall prescribe, or may be required by
law. The Assistant Secretaries of Commerce shall be without
numerical distinction of rank.