2012 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 2 - WOMEN'S BUREAU (§§ 11 - 16)
Section 13 - Powers and duties of bureau
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 29 - LABOR |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 29 - LABOR CHAPTER 2 - WOMEN'S BUREAU Sec. 13 - Powers and duties of bureau |
| Contains | section 13 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 5, 1920, ch. 248, §2, 41 Stat. 987. |
| Statutes at Large References | 41 Stat. 987 64 Stat. 1263 |
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It shall be the duty of the Women's Bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, §2, 41 Stat. 987.)
CodificationPart of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 12 of this title.
Transfer of FunctionsFor 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.
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