21. Department of Commerce · Minor · Needs Congress
Restore direct funding and political appointee slots to the Office of the Secretary
Printed page 665 21. Department of Commerce
“Department of Commerce leadership should also fight to restore direct funding and additional political appointee positions to OS and its constituent parts involved in implementing and communicating the Commerce Secretary’s and President’s policy priorities.”
What has happened
- Not started
Nothing found. Congress has not restored direct funding or additional political appointee positions to the Office of the Secretary: P.L. 119-74 funds Departmental Management at its ordinary level and creates no new appointee slots, and no bill in the 119th Congress proposes either.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Requires Congress. Under the §3b ladder, nothing has reached even the first rung: no bill was
introduced. Negative search: jq title pass over bills.ndjson for Office of the Secretary,
Departmental Management and Commerce + political appointee (0 substantive hits); grep of the
enacted text of P.L. 119-74 for Departmental Management and Office of the Secretary; Federal
Register full text for "Departmental Management" restricted to the Commerce Department.
The FY2027 Budget moves the other way on the Office of the Secretary’s size, cutting the Department’s discretionary total by $1.3 billion (12.2 per cent), though it does realign the Office of Space Commerce into Departmental Management (see #1882).
- Action
- restore
- Object
- Office of the Secretary direct funding and appointee positions
- ID
- 1817