2017 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 1 - Labor Statistics
Subchapter I - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sec. 2b - Studies of productivity and labor costs in industries

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 2b (2017)
Section Name §2b. Studies of productivity and labor costs in industries
Section Text

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor is authorized and directed to make continuing studies of productivity and labor costs in the manufacturing, mining, transportation, distribution, and other industries.

Source Credit

(June 7, 1940, ch. 267, 54 Stat. 249; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, §1(27), 68 Stat. 968.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Provision of this section authorizing appropriations of up to $100,000 for studies by the bureau in the first fiscal year was omitted.

AMENDMENTS

1954—Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed second par. which required Secretary of Labor to submit annually to Congress reports of findings under this section.

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 5, Title 29 - LABOR
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 1 - LABOR STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER I - BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Sec. 2b - Studies of productivity and labor costs in industries
Contains section 2b
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 54 Stat. 249
64 Stat. 1263
68 Stat. 968
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