§ 21. — Director of the Census; duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC21]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 1--ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Sec. 21. Director of the Census; duties
The Bureau shall be headed by a Director of the Census, appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Director shall perform such duties as may be imposed upon him by law,
regulations, or orders of the Secretary.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1014.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Sec. 2 (Mar. 6, 1902, ch. 139,
Sec. 3, 32 Stat. 51; June 18, 1929, ch. 28, Sec. 21, 46 Stat. 26). The
provision of section 2 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which imposed upon
the Director the duty to superintend and direct the taking of censuses
of the United States was omitted in view of 1950 Reorganization Plan No.
5, effective May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, which
transferred all functions of all officers, employees, bureaus, and
agencies of the Department of Commerce to the Secretary of Commerce, and
this title, as revised, vests such duty in the Secretary. However, under
section 4 of this title, he may delegate his functions hereunder.
``Bureau'' was substituted for ``permanent Census Office''. See
Revision Note to section 2 of this title.
At the end of this section, references to regulations, and to orders
of the Secretary, were added after ``law'' in view of the changes
effected by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, referred to above.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 307 of this title.
