...(hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to undertake the following functions: (a) e commerce, under such rules and regulations as the...and collection of such fees as will be reasonable including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing,...

...Bureau of Standards, founded 1n 1901, is authorized by statute (US Code, Title 15, Ch. 7, sec. 272) to undertake "The custody, maintenance, and development...and methods for making measurements consistent with these standards. * * *" Under this authority the National Bureau of Standards has sought to refine...

...(a) The National Bureau of Standards has been assigned the following functions (l5 USC 27l-278e): (l) The custody, maintenance, and development of the national...making measurements consistent with those standards, including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing,...

...1901, as amended by Congress in Public Law 619, 1950. These include the development and maintenance of the national standards of measurement and the provision...and methods for making measurements consistent with these standards; the determination of physical constants and properties of materials; the development...

...and Activities :tions of the National Bureau of Standards include the development and maintenance of standards of measurement and the provision of means and methods for making measure stent with these standards; the determination of physical constants and properties of he development...

...Enabling Act of the Bureau, where, in the enumeration of Bureau functions, authorization is made for "the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those [the national] standards," "the development of methods for testing . . . mechanisms," "cooperation...

...Commerce — and through it, the National Bureau of Standards — has been charged by the Congress with the custody, maintenance, and development of the national standards of measurement, and with the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those standards. To...

...regulatory authority in this area, its organic legislation (31 Stat. 1449) specifically authorizes "The custody, maintenance, and development of the...making measurements consistent with those standards . . . and cooperation with the States in securing uniformity in weights and measures laws and methods...

...1901, as amended by Congress in Public Law 619, 1950. These include the development and maintenance of the national standards of measurement and the provision...and methods for making measurements consistent with these standards; the determination of physical constants and properties of materials; the development...

...(hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to undertake the following functions: (a) The custody, maintenance, and development of the national...making measurements consistent with those standards, including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing,...