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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                       CHAPTER 1--LABOR STATISTICS
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
 
Sec. 2. Collection, collation, and reports of labor statistics

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the direction of the Secretary 
of Labor, shall collect, collate, and report at least once each year, or 
oftener if necessary, full and complete statistics of the conditions of 
labor and the products and distribution of the products of the same, and 
to this end said Secretary shall have power to employ any or either of 
the bureaus provided for his department and to rearrange such 
statistical work, and to distribute or consolidate the same as may be 
deemed desirable in the public interests; and said Secretary shall also 
have authority to call upon other departments of the Government for 
statistical data and results obtained by them; and said Secretary of 
Labor may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical information so 
obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise.
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report, 
and publish at least once each month full and complete statistics of the 
volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of 
persons employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of 
employment, in the service of the Federal Government, the States and 
political subdivisions thereof, and in the following industries and 
their principal branches: (1) Manufacturing; (2) mining, quarrying, and 
crude petroleum production; (3) building construction; (4) agriculture 
and lumbering; (5) transportation, communication, and other public 
utilities; (6) the retail and wholesale trades; and such other 
industries as the Secretary of Labor may deem it in the public interest 
to include. Such statistics shall be reported for all such industries 
and their principal branches throughout the United States and also by 
States and/or Federal reserve districts and by such smaller geographical 
subdivisions as the said Secretary may from time to time prescribe. The 
said Secretary is authorized to arrange with any Federal, State, or 
municipal bureau or other governmental agency for the collection of such 
statistics in such manner as he may deem satisfactory, and may assign 
special agents of the Department of Labor to any such bureau or agency 
to assist in such collection.

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 4, 37 Stat. 737; July 7, 1930, ch. 873, 46 
Stat. 1019.)


                               Amendments

    1930--Act July 7, 1930, inserted second par.

                          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, Secs. 1, 2, 15 
F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.


         Census Data on Women-Owned Businesses; Study and Report

    For provisions requiring Bureaus of Labor Statistics and the Census 
to include certain data on women-owned businesses in census reports, and 
requiring a study and report on the most cost effective and accurate 
means to gather and present such data, see section 501 of Pub. L. 100-
533, set out as a note under section 131 of Title 13, Census.


                Consumer Price Index for Older Americans

    Pub. L. 100-175, title I, Sec. 191, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 967, 
provided that: ``The Secretary of Labor shall, through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, develop, from existing data sources, a reweighted 
index of consumer prices which reflects the expenditures for consumption 
by Americans 62 years of age and older. The Secretary shall furnish to 
the Congress the index within 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act [Nov. 29, 1987]. The Secretary shall include with the index 
furnished a report which explains the characteristics of the reweighted 
index, the research necessary to develop and measure accurately the rate 
of inflation affecting such Americans, and provides estimates of time 
and cost required for additional activities necessary to carry out the 
objectives of this section.''


                        Prison Statistics Report

    Joint Res. June 17, 1940, ch. 389, 54 Stat. 401, authorized Bureau 
of Labor Statistics to furnish a report to Congress before May 1, 1941, 
on kind, amount, and value of all goods produced in State and Federal 
prisons.
