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(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, §5, 64 Stat. 824.)
§ 1156. Use of existing facilities
(a) Available assistance
The Secretary may utilize any personnel, facilities, bureaus, agencies, boards, administrations, offices, or other instrumentalities of the
Department of Commerce which he may require
to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(14 Cooperation of other agencies

The Secretary is authorized to call upon other
departments and independent establishments
and agencies of the Government to provide, with
their consent, such available services, facilities,
or other cooperation as he shall deem necessary
or helpful in carrying out the provisions of this
chapter, and he is directed to utilize existing facilities to the full extent deemed feasible.
(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, §6, 64 Stat. 824.)
§ 1157. Relation to other provisions

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
repeal or amend any other legislation pertaining
to the Department of Commerce or its component offices or bureaus.
(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, §7, 64 Stat. 824.)
CHAPTER 24-TRANSPORTATION OF
GAMBLING DEVICES
See.
1171. Definitions.
1172. Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; .uthoi'ity of Federal Trade
Conimission.
(a) General rule.
(b) Authority of Fe loin Trade Commission.
(c) Excep'ien.

1173. Registration of manufacturers and dealers.
(a) Activi tier reculring registration; contents of registration statement.
(b) Numbering of devices.
(c) Records; required information.
(d) Retention of records.
(e) Dealing in, owning, possessing, or
having custody of devices not
marked or numbered; false entries
In records.
(1) Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1174. Labeling and marking of shipping packages.
1175. SpecIfic jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc.,
prohibited; exceptions.
(a) General rule.
(b) Exception.
(c) Exception for Alaska.
1176. Penalties.
1177. Confiscation of gambling devices and means
of transportation; laws governing.
1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices.

§ 1171. Definitions
As used in this chapter(a) The term "gambling device" means(1) any so-called "slot machine" or any
other machine or mechanical device an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and (A) which when operated may
deliver, as the result of the application of an

§ 1171

element of chance, any money or property, or
(B) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the
application of an element of chance, any
money or property; or
(2) any other machine or mechanical device
(including, but not limited to, roulette wheels
and similar devices) designed and mnanufactujed primarily for use in connection with
gambling, and (A) which when operated may
deliver, as the result of the application of an
element of chance, any money or property, or
(B) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the
application of an element of chance, any
money or property; or
(3) any subassembly or essential part intended to be used in connection with any such
machine or mechanical device, but which is
not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part.
(U) The term "State" includes the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and
Guam.
(c) The term "possession of the United States"
means any possession of the United States
which is not named in subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The term "interstate or foreign commerce"
means commerce (1) between any State or possession of the United States and any place outside of such State or possession, or (2) between
points in the same State or possession of the
United States but through any place outside
tlaereo f.
(ci The term "intrastate commerce" means
commerce wholly within one State or possession
of the United States.
If) The tcrm "boundaries" has the same meanirig given that term in section 1301 of title 43.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §1, 64 Stat. 1134; Pub, L.
87-840, §2, 3, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L.
102-251, title II, § 202(c), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62.)
AMENDMENTS
1992-Subsec. (1). Pub. L. 102-251 added subsec. (f).
1962-Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 87-840, §2, substituted
provisions including machines and mechanical devices
designed and manufactured primarily for gambling by
the operation of which a person may become entitled to
receive, as the result of chance, any money or property,
for provisions which inclu dod machines or mechanical
devices designed and manufactured to operate by inserting a coin, token, or similar object, in par. (2), and
inserted ", but which is not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part", in
par. (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-840, §3, substituted "the District of Columbia" for "Alaska. Hawaii".
Subsecs. (d) and (e). Pub. L. 87-840, § 3, added subsecs.
(d) and (e).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT

Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided that: "The
amendments made by this Act [enacting section 1178 of
this title and amending this section and sections 1172
and 1173 of this title] shall take effect on the sixtieth
day after the date of its enactment [Oct. 18, 1962]."
Saoav TITLE OF 1962 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided: "That this Act
[enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this
section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] may be
cited as the 'Gambling Devices Act of 1962'."

§ 1172 TITLE 15-COMMERCE AND TRADE
SHORT TITLE
Act Jan. 2, 1951, which enacted this chapter, Is popularly known as the "Gambling Devices Transportation
Act".
SEPARABILITY
Section 8 of act Jan. 2, 1951, provided that: "If any
provision of this Act [this chapter) or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
such invalidity sb fl not affect other provisions or ap
phcations 01 th Act 1th chapter] which can be given
effect without the lfl\ ioI provision or application and
to this end the provisions of this Act [this chapter] are
declared to be severable."
§ 1172. Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal
Trade Commission
(a) General rule
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport
any gambling device to any place in a State or
a possession of the United States from any place
outside of such State or possession: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to transportation of any gambling device to a place in any
State which has enacted a law providing for the
exemption of such State from the provisions of
this section, or to a place in any subdivision of
a State if the State in which such subdivision is
located has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such subdivision from the provisions
of this section, nor shall this section apply to
any gambling device used or designed for use at
and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under applicable
State laws: Provided, further, That it shall not be
unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign
commerce any gambling device into any State
in which the transported gambling device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a statute of
that State.
(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
interfere with or reduce the authority, or the existing interpretation of the authority, of the
Federal Trade Commission under the Federal
Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et. seq.].
(c) Exception

This section does not prohibit the transport of
a gambling device to a place in a State or a possession of the United States on a vessel on a
voyage, if(1) use of the gambling device on a portion of
that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of
section 1175 of this title, not a violation of
that section; and
(2) the gambling device remains on board
that vessel while in that State.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §2, 64 Stat. 1134; Pub. L.
87-840, §4, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L.
102-251, title II, § 202(a), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 61.)
REFERENcES IN TEXT
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in
subsec. (b), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. Ill, 18 Stat. 717, as
amended, which is classified generally to subchapter I
(141 et seq.) of chapter 2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this
title and Tables.

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AMENDMENTS
1992-Pub. L. 102-251, §202(a)U), (3), (4), designated existing provisions as subsecs, (a) and (b), inserted headings, and added subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 102-251, §202(a)(2), which directed that
District of Columbia," be struck Out in subsec, (a),
was executed by striking out ", the District of Columbia," after "place In a State" and "outside of such
State" to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1962-Pub L 87-840 excepted gambling devices used
or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under State
laws, and provided that it shall not be unlawful to
transport such devices into any State in which the de
vice is specifically enumerated as lawful In a State
statute.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18,
1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840, set out as a note
under section 1171 of this title.

§ 1173. Registration of manufacturers and dealers
(a) Activities requiring registration; contents of
registration statement
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged
in the business of manufacturing gambling devices, if the activities of such business in any
way affect interstate or foreign commerce, to
manufacture any gambling device during any
calendar year, unless, after November 30 of the
preceding calendar year, and before the date on
which such device is manufactured, such person
has registered with the Attorney General under
this subsection, regardless of whether such device ever enters interstate or foreign commerce.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person during
any calendar year to engage in the business of
repairing, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others
any gambling device if in such business he sells
ships, or delivers any such device knowing that
it will be introduced into interstate or foreign
commerce after the effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November
30 of the preceding calendar year, and before the
date such sale shipment or delivery occurs
such person has registered with the Attorney
General under this subsection.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person during
any calendar year to engage in the business of
repiring, reconditioning, buying, selling, leasing, using, or making available for use by others
any gambling device, if in such business he buys
or receives any such device knowing that it has
been transported in interstate or foreign com
merce after the effective date of the Gambling
Devices Act of 1962, unless, after November 30, of
the preceding calendar year and before the date
on which he buys or receives such device, such
person has registered with the Attorney General
under this subsection.
(4) Each person who registers with the Attorney General pursuant to this subsection shall
set forth in such registration (A) his name and
each trade name under which he does business,
(B) the address of each of his places of business
in any State or possession of the United States,
(C) the address of a place, in a State or possession of the United States in which such a place
of business is located, where he will keep all rec-

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ords required to be kept by him by subsection
(c) of this section, and (D) each activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection which he intends to engage in during the
calendar year with respect to which such registration is made.
(b) Numbering of devices

(1) Every manufacturer of a gambling device
defined in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section
1171 of this title shall number seriatim each
such gambling device manufactured by him and
permanently affix on each such device, so as to
be clearly visible, such number, his name, and,
if different, any trade name under which he does
business, and the date of manufacture of such
device.
(2) Every manufacturer of a gambling device
defined in paragraph (a)(3) of section 1171 of this
title shall, if the size of such device permits it,
number seriatim each such gambling device
manufactured by him and permanently affix on
each such device, so as to be clearly visible, such
number, his name, and, if different, any trade
name under which he does business, and the date
of manufacture of such device.
(c) Records; required information

(1) Every person required to register under
subsection (a) of this section for any calendar
year shall, on and after the date of such registration or the first day of such year (whichever
last occurs), maintain a record by calendar
month for all periods thereafter in such year
of(A) each gambling device manufactured, purchased, or otherwise acquired by him,
(B) each gambling device owned or possessed
by him or in hi custody, and
(0) each gambling device sold, delivered, or
shipped by him in intrastate, interstate, or
foreign commerce.
(2) Such record shall show(A) in the case of each such gambling device
defined in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section
1171 of this title, the information which is required to be affixed on such gambling device
by subsection (b)(1) of this section; and
(B) in the case of each such gambling device
defined in paragraph (a)(3) of section 1171 of
this title, the information required to be affixed on such gambling device by subsection
(b)(2) of this section, or, if such gambling device does not have affixed on it any such information, its catalog listing, description, and, in
the case of each such device owned or possessed by him or in his custody, its location.
Such record shall also show (i) in the case of any
such gambling device described in paragraph
(1)(A) of this subsection, the name and address
of the person from whom such device was purchased or acquired and the name and address of
the carrier; and (ii) in the case of any such gambling device described in paragraph (1)(C) of this
subsection, the name and address of the buyer
and consignee thereof and the name and address
of the carrier.
(d) Retention of records
Each record required to be maintained under
this section shall be kept by the person required

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to make It at the place designated by him pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(0) of this section for a
period of at least five years from the last day of
the calendar month of the year with respect to
which such record is required to be maintained.
(e) Dealing in, owning, possessing, or having custody of devices not marked or numbered;
false entries in records

(1) It shall be unlawful (A) for any person during any period in which he is required to be registered under subsection (a) of this section to
sell, deliver, or ship in intrastate, interstate, or
foreign commerce or own, possess, or have in his
custody any gambling device which is not
marked and numbered as required by subsection
(b) of this section; or (B) for any person to remove, obliterate, or alter any mark or number
on any gambling device required to be placed
thereon by such subsection (b).
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make or cause to be made, any false
entry in any record required to be kept under
this section,
U) Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
shall, at any place designated pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(C) of this section by any person required to register by subsection (a) of this section, at all reasonable times, have access to and
the right to copy any of the records required to
be kept by this section, and, in case of refusal by
any person registered under such subsection (a)
to allow inspection and copying of such records,
the United States district court for the district
in which such place is located shall have jurisdiction to issue an order compelling production
of such records for inspection or copying.

(Jan 2 1951 oh 1194 § 3 64 Stat 1135 Pub L
87-840 §5 Oct 18 1962 76 Stat 1075
REFERENcEs IN TExT
The effective date of the Gambling Devices Act of
1962, referred to In subsec. (a)(2), (3), is the effective
date of Pub. L. 87-840, which is the sixtieth day after
Oct. 18, 1962. See Effective Date of 1962 Amendment
note set out under section 1171 of this title.
AMENDMENTS

1962-Pub. L. 87-840 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: "Upon first engaging in business, and thereafter on or before the 1st
day of July of each year, every manufacturer of and
dealer in gambling devices shall register with the At
torney General his name or trade name the address of
his principal place of business, and the addresses of his
places of business in such district. On or before the last
day of each month every manufacturer of and dealer in
gambling devices shall file with the Attorney General
an inventory and record of all sales and deliveries of
gambling devices as of the close of the preceding calendar month for the place or places of business in the
district. The monthly record of sales and deliveries of
such gambling devices shall show the mark and number
identifying each article together with the name and address of the buyer or coniognee thereof and the name
and address of the carrier. Duplicate bills or invoices,
If complete in the foregoing respects, may be used in
filing the record of sales and deliveries. For the purposes of this chapter, every manufacturer or dealer
shall mark and number each gambling device, so that
it Is individually identifiable. In cases of sale, delivery,
or shipment of gambling devices in unassembled form,

§ 1174 TITLE 15-COMMERCE AND TRADE
the manufacturer or dealer shall separately mark and
number the components of each gambling device with
a common mark and number as if it were an assembled
gambling device It shall be unlawful for any manufac
turer or dealer to sell, deliver, or ship any gambling device which is not marked and numbered for identification as herein provided; and it shall be unlawful for any
manufacturer or dealer to manufacture, recondition,
repair, sell, deliver, or ship any gambling device without having registered as required by this section, or
without filing monthly the required inventories and
records of sales and deliveries."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT

Amendment effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18,
1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840, set out as a note
under section 1171 of this title.
§ 1174. Labeling and marking of shipping pack.
ages
All gambling devices, and all packages containing any such, when shipped or transported
shall be plainly and clearly labeled or marked so
that the name and address of the shipper and of
the consignee, and the nature of the article or
the contents of the package may be readily ascertained on an inspection of the outside of the
article or package.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §4, 64 Stat. 1135.)
§ 1175. Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc.,
prohibited; exceptions
(a) General rule
It shall be unlawful to manufacture, recondition, repair, sell, transport, possess, or use any
gambling device in the District of Columbia, inany possession of the United States, within Indian country as defined in section 1151 of title 18
or within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States as defined in
section 7 of title 18, including on a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or documented under the laws of a foreign country.
(b) Exception
(1) In general
Except for a voyage or a segment of a voyage that begins and ends in the State of Hawaii, or as provided in paragraph (2), this section does not prohibit(A) the repair, transport, possession, or use
of a gambling device on a vessel that is not
within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States
(B) the transport or possession, on a voyage, of a gambling device on a vessel that is
within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States, if(i) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subparagraph (A), not a violation of this section; and
(ii) the gambling device remains on
board that vessel while the vessel is within
the boundaries of that State or possession;
or

(C) the repair, transport, possession, or use
of a gambling device on a vessel on a voyage
that begins in the State of Indiana and that
does not leave the territorial jurisdiction of

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that State, including such a voyage on Lake
Michigan.
(2) Application to certain voyages
(A) General rule

Paragraph (1)(A) does not apply to the repair or use of a gambling device on a vessel
that is on a voyage or segment of a voyage
described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph if the State or possession of the
United States in which the voyage or segment begins and ends has enacted a statute
the terms of which prohibit that repair or
use on that voyage or segment.
(B) Voyage and segment described

A voyage or segment of a voyage referred
to in subparagraph (A) is a voyage or segment, respectively(i) that begins and ends in the same
State or possession of the United States,
and
(ii) during which the vessel does not
make an intervening stop within the
boundaries of another State or possession
of the United States or a foreign country.
(C) Exclusion of certain voyages and seg.
ments
Except for a voyage or segment of a voyage that occurs within the boundaries of the
State of Hawaii, a voyage or segment of a
voyage is not described in subparagraph (B)
if it includes or consists of a segment(1) that begins and ends in the same
State;
(ii) that is part of a voyage to another
State or to a foreign country; and
(iii) in which the vessel reaches the
other State or foreign country within 3
days after leaving the State in which it begins.
(c) Exception for Alaska

(1) With respect to a vessel operating in Alaska, this section does not prohibit, nor may the
State of Alaska make it a violation of law for
there to occur, the repair, transport, possession,
or use of any gambling device on board a vessel
which provides sleeping accommodations for all
of its passengers and that is on a voyage or segment of a voyage described in paragraph (2), except that such State may, within its boundaries(A) prohibit the use of a gambling device on
a vessel while It is docked or anchored or
while it is operating within 3 nautical miles of
a port at which it is scheduled to call; and
(B) require the gambling devices to remain
on board the vessel.
(2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a
voyage that(A) includes a stop in Canada or In a State
other than the State of Alaska;
(B) includes stops in at least 2 different
ports situated in the State of Alaska; and
(C) is of at least 60 hours duration.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §5, 64 Stat. 1135; Pub. L.
102-251, title II, § 202(b), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 61;
Pub. L. 104-264, title XII, § 1222, Oct. 9, 1996, 110
Stat. 3286; Pub. L. 104-324, title XI, § 1106, Oct. 19,

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1996, 110 Stat. 3967; Pub. L. 106-554, § 1(a)(4) {div.
B, title I, § 147], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763,
2763A-251.)
AMENDMENTS
2000-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106-554 inserted "for a
voyage or a segment of a voyage that begins and ends
in the State of Hawaii, or" after "Except" in introductory provisions.
1996-Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 104-324, §1106(b), added
subpar. (C).
Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 104-264, §1222, and Pub. L.
104-324, § 1106(a), made substantially identical amendments, adding subpar. (C). The text of subpar. (C) is
based on amendment by Pub. L. 104-324.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-324, § 1106(c), added subsec. (c).
1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-251, §202(b)(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted
heading, and inserted before period at end ", including
on a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or
documented under the laws of a foreign country".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-251, §202(b)(3), added subsec.
(b).
EFFEcTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Except as otherwise specifically provided, amendment by Pub. L. 104-264 applIcable only to fiscal years
beginning after Sept. 30, 1996, and not to be construed
as affecting funds made available for a fiscal year ending before Oct. 1, 1996, see section 3 of Pub. L. 104-264,
set out as a note under section 106 of Title 49, Transportation.
§ 1176. Penalties
Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections 1172, 1173, 1174, or 1175 of this title shall be
fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not
more than two years, or both.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §6, 64 Stat. 1135.)
§ 1177. Confiscation of gambling devices and
means of transportation; laws governing
Any gambling device transported, delivered,
shipped, manufactured, reconditioned, repaired,
sold, disposed of, received, possessed, or used in
violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
be seized and forfeited to the United States. All
provisions of law relating to the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation
of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage
for violation of the customs laws; the disposition of such vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and
baggage or the proceeds from the sale thereof;
the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures;
and the compromise of claims and the award of
compensation to informers In respect of such
forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures
incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under
the provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions
hereof: Provided, That such duties as are imposed upon the collector of customs or any other
person with respect to the seizure and forfeiture
of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage
under the customs laws shall be performed with
respect to seizures and forfeitures of gambling
devices under this chapter by such officers,
agents, or other persons as may be authorized or
designated for that purpose by the Attorney
General.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §7, 64 Stat. 1135.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchan-

§1178

dise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by
President with advice and consent of Senate ordered
abolished with such offices to be terminated not later
than Dec. 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May
25, 1965, 30 P.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of offices eliminated were already vested
in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of
1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935. 64 Stat. 1280, set out
in the Appendix to Title 5.
§ 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be
construed to apply(1) to any machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured primarily for use at
a racetrack in connection with parimutuel
betting,
(2) to any machine or mechanical device,
such as a coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine (a so-called pinball machine), or mechanical gun, which is not designed and manufactured primarily for use in
connection with gambling, and (A) which when
operated does not deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, any money
or property, or (B) by the operation of which
a person may not become entitled to receive,
as the result of the application of an element
of chance, any money or property, or
(3) to any so-called claw, crane, or digger
machine and Similar devices which are not operated by coin, are actuated by a crank, and
are designed and manufactured primarily for
use at carnivals or county or State fairs.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §9, as added Pub. L. 87-840,
§6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat.1077.)
EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18, 1962,
see section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840, set out as an Effective
Date of 1962 Amendment note under section 1171 of this
title.
CHAPTER 25-FLAMMABLE FABRICS
Sec.
1191. Definitions.
1192. Prohibited transactions.
(a) Nonconforming products.
(b) Nonconforming components.
1193, Flammability standards or regulations.
(a) Proceedings by Commission for determination.
(b) Necessary findings; effective date; exemptions.
(c) Collection of information by Commission; confidential status of trade secrets and related information; disclosure of confidential information.
(6) Applicability of section 553 of title 5;
oral presentation.
(e) Judicial review; additional information before Commission; applicability of sections 701 to 706 of title 5;
finality of judgment; survival of action.
(f) Transcript of proceedings.
(g) Promulgation of regulation; commencement of proceeding; publication of prescribed notice of proposed
rulemaking.
(h) Voluntary standard: publication as
proposed regulation; prerequisites
for reliance by Commission.