§ 3. — Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office; compensation.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC3]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 1--LABOR STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER I--BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Sec. 3. Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office;
compensation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be under the charge of a
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; he shall
hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive
a salary.
(June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60; June 13, 1888, ch. 389, Sec. 2, 25
Stat. 182; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141,
Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 737.)
Codification
Act June 13, 1888, raised salary from $3,000 to $5,000 per annum.
Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of
Labor.
Act Mar. 4, 1913, authorized the substitution of ``Commissioner of
Labor Statistics'' and ``Bureau of Labor Statistics'' for ``Commissioner
of Labor'' and ``Bureau of Labor'', respectively.
Words ``of five thousand dollars per annum'' at end of section were
omitted as superseded by the Classification Acts. See sections 5101 et
seq. and 5331 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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.
