§ 209. — Attendance of witnesses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC209]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 8--FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
Sec. 209. Attendance of witnesses
For the purpose of any hearing or investigation provided for in this
chapter, the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of title 15 (relating to
the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and
documents), are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties
of the Administrator, the Secretary of Labor, and the industry
committees.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 9, 52 Stat. 1065; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2,
Sec. 1(b), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095.)
Transfer of Functions
Functions relating to enforcement and administration of equal pay
provisions vested by this section in Secretary of Labor and
Administrator of Wage and Hour Division of Department of Labor
transferred to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan
No. 1 of 1978, Sec. 1, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective
Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec.
28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053.
Functions of all other officers of Department of Labor and functions
of all agencies and employees of that Department, with exception of
functions vested by Administrative Procedure Act (now covered by
sections 551 et seq. and 701 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees) in hearing examiners employed by Department, transferred
to Secretary of Labor, with power vested in him to authorize their
performance or performance of any of his functions by any of those
officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5.
``Secretary of Labor'' substituted in text for ``Chief of the
Children's Bureau'' by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2. See Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 203 of this title.
Definition of ``Administrator''
The term ``Administrator'' as meaning the Administrator of the Wage
and Hour Division, see section 204 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 626, 2616 of this title.
