§ 13. — Powers and duties of bureau.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC13]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 2--WOMEN'S BUREAU
Sec. 13. Powers and duties of bureau
It shall be the duty of the Women's Bureau to formulate standards
and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women,
improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance
their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall
have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon
all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director
of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these
investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of
Labor may prescribe.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, Sec. 2, 41 Stat. 987.)
Codification
Part of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 12 of
this title.
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.