15 U.S.C. § 313 : US Code - Section 313: Duties of Secretary of Commerce

Search 15 U.S.C. § 313 : US Code - Section 313: Duties of Secretary of Commerce

The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge of the forecasting of
weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and
flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and
navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance
and operation of seacoast telegraph lines and the collection and
transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and
navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions
for the cotton interests, the display of frost and cold-wave
signals, the distribution of meteorological information in the
interests of agriculture and commerce, and the taking of such
meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and
record the climatic conditions of the United States, or as are
essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.