{"data":{"id":"us/15-u.s.c.-279","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 U.S.C. § 279","heading":"Absence of Director","body":"In the case of the absence of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce may designate some officer of said Institute to perform the duties of the director during his absence.","path":["Title 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE","CHAPTER 7—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc15@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:39Z","sha256":"2fb30713f9fb45fa641f26db12da4abf2d32fc786fd4833069df0ea37f34ba16","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-u.s.c.-278u","next":"us/15-u.s.c.-280-281"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}