29-U.S.C.-1
§1 – Design and Duties of Bureau Generally
Pathway
Title 29 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter I > Section 1
Details
- Reference: Section 1
- Legend: §1 – Design and Duties of Bureau Generally
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The general design and duties of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
(June 13, 1888, ch. 389, §1, 25 Stat. 182; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §4, 32 Stat. 826; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, §3, 37 Stat. 737.)
Codification
Act June 27, 1884, created Bureau of Labor in Department of the Interior.
Section 1 of act June 13, 1888, created Department of Labor and outlined its general design and duties, and section 9 of that act transferred Bureau of Labor to Department of Labor.
Act Feb. 14, 1903, placed Department of Labor under jurisdiction and made it a part of Department of Commerce and Labor.
Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of Labor in Department of Commerce and Labor.
Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and transferred Bureau of Labor from Department of Commerce and Labor to newly created Department of Labor, redesignating such transferred Bureau as Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, §§1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
Subchapter I – Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Legal Encyclopedia: Labor
In this entry about Subchapter I – Bureau of Labor Statistics, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to labor in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States labor-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
20-U.S.C.-9001 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Statistics
In this entry about 20-U.S.C.-9001, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to statistics in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States statistics-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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