Section was formerly classified to section
601 of Title
5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by
Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 378.
Act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141,
37 Stat. 736, provided that Department of Commerce and Labor and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were to be thereafter called Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce.