§ 2. — Collection, collation, and reports of labor statistics.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC2]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 1--LABOR STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER I--BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Sec. 2. Collection, collation, and reports of labor statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the direction of the Secretary
of Labor, shall collect, collate, and report at least once each year, or
oftener if necessary, full and complete statistics of the conditions of
labor and the products and distribution of the products of the same, and
to this end said Secretary shall have power to employ any or either of
the bureaus provided for his department and to rearrange such
statistical work, and to distribute or consolidate the same as may be
deemed desirable in the public interests; and said Secretary shall also
have authority to call upon other departments of the Government for
statistical data and results obtained by them; and said Secretary of
Labor may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical information so
obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report,
and publish at least once each month full and complete statistics of the
volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of
persons employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of
employment, in the service of the Federal Government, the States and
political subdivisions thereof, and in the following industries and
their principal branches: (1) Manufacturing; (2) mining, quarrying, and
crude petroleum production; (3) building construction; (4) agriculture
and lumbering; (5) transportation, communication, and other public
utilities; (6) the retail and wholesale trades; and such other
industries as the Secretary of Labor may deem it in the public interest
to include. Such statistics shall be reported for all such industries
and their principal branches throughout the United States and also by
States and/or Federal reserve districts and by such smaller geographical
subdivisions as the said Secretary may from time to time prescribe. The
said Secretary is authorized to arrange with any Federal, State, or
municipal bureau or other governmental agency for the collection of such
statistics in such manner as he may deem satisfactory, and may assign
special agents of the Department of Labor to any such bureau or agency
to assist in such collection.
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 4, 37 Stat. 737; July 7, 1930, ch. 873, 46
Stat. 1019.)
Amendments
1930--Act July 7, 1930, inserted second par.
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.
Census Data on Women-Owned Businesses; Study and Report
For provisions requiring Bureaus of Labor Statistics and the Census
to include certain data on women-owned businesses in census reports, and
requiring a study and report on the most cost effective and accurate
means to gather and present such data, see section 501 of Pub. L. 100-
533, set out as a note under section 131 of Title 13, Census.
Consumer Price Index for Older Americans
Pub. L. 100-175, title I, Sec. 191, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 967,
provided that: ``The Secretary of Labor shall, through the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, develop, from existing data sources, a reweighted
index of consumer prices which reflects the expenditures for consumption
by Americans 62 years of age and older. The Secretary shall furnish to
the Congress the index within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act [Nov. 29, 1987]. The Secretary shall include with the index
furnished a report which explains the characteristics of the reweighted
index, the research necessary to develop and measure accurately the rate
of inflation affecting such Americans, and provides estimates of time
and cost required for additional activities necessary to carry out the
objectives of this section.''
Prison Statistics Report
Joint Res. June 17, 1940, ch. 389, 54 Stat. 401, authorized Bureau
of Labor Statistics to furnish a report to Congress before May 1, 1941,
on kind, amount, and value of all goods produced in State and Federal
prisons.
