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[CITE: 29USC3]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                       CHAPTER 1--LABOR STATISTICS
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
 
Sec. 3. Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office; 
        compensation
        
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be under the charge of a 
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; he shall 
hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive 
a salary.

(June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60; June 13, 1888, ch. 389, Sec. 2, 25 
Stat. 182; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 
Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 737.)

                          Codification

    Act June 13, 1888, raised salary from $3,000 to $5,000 per annum.
    Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of 
Labor.
    Act Mar. 4, 1913, authorized the substitution of ``Commissioner of 
Labor Statistics'' and ``Bureau of Labor Statistics'' for ``Commissioner 
of Labor'' and ``Bureau of Labor'', respectively.
    Words ``of five thousand dollars per annum'' at end of section were 
omitted as superseded by the Classification Acts. See sections 5101 et 
seq. and 5331 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                          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.
