2016 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 2 - Women's Bureau
Sec. 13 - Powers and duties of bureau

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 13 (2016)
Section Name §13. Powers and duties of bureau
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, §2, 41 Stat. 987.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Part of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 12 of this title.

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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 41 Stat. 987
64 Stat. 1263
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