15 U.S.C. § 1514 : US Code - Section 1514: Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1514 : US Code - Section 1514: Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department

Appropriations are authorized for the following activities of the
Department of Commerce:
(a) furnishing to employees of the Department of Commerce and
other Federal agencies (including Army, Navy, and Air Force
personnel where Army, Navy, or Air Force facilities or supplies
are not available and upon request of the service concerned), and
their dependents, in Alaska and other points outside the
continental United States, free emergency medical services by
contract or otherwise and free emergency medical supplies, where
in the judgment of the Secretary furnishing of such supplies and
services is necessary;
(b) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce,
purchasing, transporting, storing, and distributing food and
other subsistence supplies for resale to employees of the
Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including
Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air
Force facilities or supplies are not available and upon request
of the service concerned), and their dependents, in Alaska and
other points outside the continental United States at a
reasonable value as determined by the Secretary of Commerce, the
proceeds from such resales to be credited to the appropriation
from which the expenditure was made;
(c) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, the
establishment, maintenance, and operation of messing facilities,
by contract or otherwise, in Alaska and other points outside the
continental United States where suitable family facilities are
not available, such service to be furnished to employees of the
Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies (including
Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel where Army, Navy, or Air
Force facilities are not available and upon request of the
service concerned), and their dependents, in accordance with
regulations established by the Secretary of Commerce, and at a
reasonable value determined in accordance therewith, the proceeds
from the furnishing of such services to be credited to the
appropriation from which the expenditures are made;
(d) reimbursement, under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, of officers and employees in or under the Department
of Commerce, for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies
furnished by them in emergencies for the temporary relief of
distressed persons in remote localities;
(e) providing motion-picture equipment and film for recreation
of crews of vessels of the National Ocean Survey, for recreation
of employees in remote localities where such facilities are not
available, and for training purposes;
(f) erecting, altering, repairing, equipping, furnishing, and
maintaining, by contract or otherwise, such living and working
quarters and facilities as may be necessary to carry out its
authorized work at remote localities not on foreign soil where
such living and working accommodations are not otherwise
available.