15 U.S.C. § 311 : US Code - Section 311: Omitted

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CODIFICATION
Section, act Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, Sec. 1, 26 Stat. 653, as
amended, relating to the establishment of a Weather Bureau in the
Department of Commerce, was omitted because the Weather Bureau was
consolidated with the Coast and Geodetic Survey to form a new
agency in the Department to be known as the Environmental Science
Services Administration, and the office of Chief of the Weather
Bureau was abolished, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13,
1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note below. The
Reorg. Plan also transferred to the Secretary of Commerce all
functions of the Bureau and the Chief of the Bureau.
Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84
Stat. 2090, set out as a note under section 1511 of this title,
abolished the Environmental Science Services Administration,
including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator,
and established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
within the Department of Commerce. By Department Organization Order
25-5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, July 29, 1974, the Secretary of
Commerce delegated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration a number of functions vested in him, including his
functions under this chapter of the Code. By order of the Acting
Associate Administrator, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, the
following organizational names appearing in chapter IX of subtitle
B of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the
Administration, were changed: Environmental Science Services
Administration to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(ESSA to NOAA); Coast and Geodetic Survey to National Ocean Survey,
and Weather Bureau to National Weather Service.
Prior to Oct. 1, 1890, the functions of the Weather Bureau were
exercised by the Signal Corps of the Army. Act October 1, 1890,
created the present Bureau in the Department of Agriculture. By
Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940, Sec. 8, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R.
2421, 54 Stat. 1236, the Bureau and its functions were transferred
to the Department of Commerce, "Provided, That the Department of
Agriculture may continue to make snow surveys and to conduct
research concerning: (a) relationships between weather and crops,
(b) long-range weather forecasting, and (c) relationships between
weather and soil erosion."