§ 131. — Collection and publication; fiveyear periods.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC131]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 5--CENSUSES
SUBCHAPTER I--MANUFACTURES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES, AND OTHER BUSINESSES
Sec. 131. Collection and publication; five-year periods
The Secretary shall take, compile, and publish censuses of
manufactures, of mineral industries, and of other businesses, including
the distributive trades, service establishments, and transportation
(exclusive of means of transportation for which statistics are required
by law to be filed with, and are compiled and published by, a designated
regulatory body), in the year 1964, then in the year 1968, and every
fifth year thereafter, and each such census shall relate to the year
immediately preceding the taking thereof.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1019; Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 8, Aug.
28, 1957, 71 Stat. 482; Pub. L. 88-532, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 737.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Sec. 121 (June 19, 1948, ch.
502, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 478; June 18, 1954, ch. 315, 68 Stat. 258).
Section was subsection (a) of section 121 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952
ed. The remainder of such section 121, which constituted subsection (b)
thereof, is incorporated in subchapter IV of this chapter.
At the beginning, ``The Secretary'', meaning the Secretary of
Commerce, was substituted for a reference to the Director of the Bureau
of the Census, and, at the end, the provision that the territorial scope
of the censuses should be determined by the Secretary was substituted
for the provision of section 121 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., that
such determination should be made by the Director with the approval of
the Secretary, to conform with 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, Secs. 1,
2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, which transferred all
functions of all officers and employees, agencies and bureaus of the
Department of Commerce to the Secretary. However, the Secretary, under
that plan, may delegate any of such transferred functions, as well as
any other of his functions, to any of such officers, employees, agencies
and bureaus. See, also, section 4 of this title.
The reference in section 121 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., to the
year ``1949'' as the year for commencement of the quinquennial censuses
was changed to the year ``1954'', since the former designation is
obsolete, and the provision of such section that the census of
manufacturers should not be taken in 1949 was omitted as obsolete.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1964--Pub. L. 88-532 substituted ``in the year 1964, then in the
year 1968, and'' for ``in the year 1954 and'' and struck out provisions
which related to the taking of certain censuses in the year 1955.
1957--Pub. L. 85-207 struck out sentence which included the United
States and its territories and such possessions as the Secretary might
determine in the censuses to be taken. See section 191 of this title.
Census Data on Women Owned Businesses; Study and Report
Pub. L. 100-533, title V, Sec. 501, Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2697,
provided that:
``(a) Bureau of Labor Statistics.--The Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the Department of Labor shall include in any census report it may
prepare on women owned business data on--
``(1) sole proprietorships;
``(2) partnerships; and
``(3) corporations.
``(b) Bureau of the Census.--The Bureau of the Census of the
Department of Commerce shall include in its Business Census for 1992 and
each such succeeding census data on the number of corporations which are
51 per centum or more owned by women.
``(c) Combined Study.--Not later than one hundred and eighty days
after the effective date of this section [Oct. 25, 1988], the Office of
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration
(hereinafter referred to in this subsection as the `Office') shall
conduct a study and prepare a report recommending the most cost
effective and accurate means to gather and present the data required to
be collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). The Department of
Commerce and the Department of Labor shall provide the Office such
assistance and cooperation as may be necessary and appropriate to
achieve the purposes of this subsection.''
