29 U.S.C. § 2 — Collection, collation, and reports of labor sta-

Page 2 TITLE 29—LABOR § 2 Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of Labor in Department of Commerce and Labor. Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and transferred Bureau of Labor from Department of Com- merce and Labor to newly created Department of Labor, redesignating such transferred Bureau as Bu- reau of Labor Statistics. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain ex- ceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Or- ganization and Employees. § 2. Collection, collation, and reports of labor sta- tistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the di- rection 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 em- ploy 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 inter- ests; and said Secretary shall also have author- ity to call upon other departments of the Gov- ernment for statistical data and results ob- tained by them; and said Secretary of Labor may collate, arrange, and publish such statis- tical information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also col- lect, collate, report, and publish at least once each month full and complete statistics of the volume of and changes in employment, as indi- cated by the number of persons employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employ- ment, in the service of the Federal Government, the States and political subdivisions thereof, and in the following industries and their prin- cipal branches: (1) Manufacturing; (2) mining, quarrying, and crude petroleum production; (3) building construction; (4) agriculture and lum- bering; (5) transportation, communication, and other public utilities; (6) the retail and whole- sale trades; and such other industries as the Sec- retary of Labor may deem it in the public inter- est 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, § 4, 37 Stat. 737; July 7, 1930, ch. 873, 46 Stat. 1019.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1930—Act July 7, 1930, inserted second par. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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 accu- rate 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, § 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 re- weighted index, the research necessary to develop and measure accurately the rate of inflation affecting such Americans, and provides estimates of time and cost re- quired 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, author- ized 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. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain ex- ceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Or- ganization and Employees. § 2a. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Feb. 24, 1927, ch. 189, title IV, 44 Stat. 1222, which related to collection of statistical reports through local special agents, was from an appropria- tions act for the Departments of State, Justice, the Ju- diciary, and Departments of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and was not re- peated in subsequent appropriation acts. § 2b. Studies of productivity and labor costs in industries The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor is authorized and directed to make continuing studies of produc- tivity and labor costs in the manufacturing, mining, transportation, distribution, and other industries. (June 7, 1940, ch. 267, 54 Stat. 249; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(27), 68 Stat. 968.)