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[CITE: 29USC5]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                       CHAPTER 1--LABOR STATISTICS
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
 
Sec. 5. Bulletin as to labor conditions

    The Commissioner of Labor Statistics is authorized to prepare and 
publish a bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as to the 
condition of labor in this and other countries, condensations of State 
and foreign labor reports, facts as to conditions of employment, and 
such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests 
of the country.

(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 805; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 
Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 737.)

                          Codification

    Provision of act Mar. 2, 1895, as to printing of the bulletin for 
distribution is covered by section 1324 of Title 44, Public Printing and 
Documents.
    Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of 
Labor.
    Act Mar. 4, 1913, authorized substitution of ``Commissioner of Labor 
Statistics'' and ``Bureau of Labor Statistics'' for ``Commissioner of 
Labor'' and ``Bureau of Labor'', respectively.

                          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.


                          Statistics of Cities

    Commissioner authorized to compile, as part of bulletin of 
Department, an abstract of main features of official statistics of 
cities having over 30,000 population, by a provision of act July 1, 
1898, ch. 546, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 648.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 44 section 1324.
