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Department of Commerce  

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  • Department of the cabinet that is responsible for foreign and domestic commerce; mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries; labor interests; and transportation. It was created on March 4, 1913, after a law separated the Department of Commerce and Labor. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Department of Commerce]

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