§ 557. — Bureaus and offices in Department.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC557]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 12--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Sec. 557. Bureaus and offices in Department
The following-named offices, bureaus, divisions, and branches of the
public service, and all that pertains to the same, shall be under the
jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of Labor:
1. Bureau of Employees' Compensation.
2. Bureau of Labor Standards.
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4. Division of Public Contracts.
5. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.
6. United States Employment Service.
7. Wage and Hour Division.
8. Women's Bureau.
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 737; June 5, 1920, ch. 248,
Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 987; June 6, 1933, ch. 49, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 113; Ex.
Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 14, June 10, 1933; June 30, 1936, ch. 881, Sec. 4,
49 Stat. 2038; June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1061; 1939
Reorg. Plan No. I, Sec. 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat.
1424; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54
Stat. 1238; Ex. Ord. No. 9247, Sept. 17, 1942, 7 F.R. 7379; Ex. Ord. No.
9617, Sept. 19, 1945, 10 F.R. 11929; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1,
eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095; June 23, 1947, ch. 120,
title II, Sec. 202, 61 Stat. 153; 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff.
Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5225, 63 Stat. 1065; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1952, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, 1272.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 616 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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.
Bureau of Employees' Compensation transferred to Department of Labor
from Federal Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 19 of 1950, Sec. 1,
which was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.
662, the subject matter of which is covered by section 8101 et seq. of
Title 5. Subsequently, Bureau of Compensation absorbed by Employment
Standards Administration in Department of Labor.
Bureau of Labor Standards established in Department of Labor by
departmental order in 1934, and its functions absorbed by Occupational
Safety and Health Administration in May 1971.
Division of Public Contracts established in Department of Labor by
virtue of act June 30, 1936, and was consolidated with Wage and Hour
Division by order of Secretary of Labor on Aug. 21, 1942. Subsequently,
by order of Secretary of Labor in May 1971, Division of Public Contracts
absorbed by Wage and Hour Division.
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board transferred to Department of
Labor from Federal Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 19 of 1950,
Sec. 2, which was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 662, the subject matter of which is covered by section 8101 et
seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
United States Employment Service created in Department of Labor by
act June 6, 1933. Service transferred to Federal Security Agency by
Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, and its functions consolidated with
unemployment compensation functions of Social Security Board in Bureau
of Employment Security. Ex. Ord. No. 9247, Sept. 17, 1942, transferred
United States Employment Service from Social Security Board to War
Manpower Commission and became a part of Bureau of Placement. Service
transferred to Department of Labor by Ex. Ord. No. 9617, Sept. 19, 1945,
to be administered as an organizational entity. Act June 16, 1948, ch.
472, 62 Stat. 443, transferred Service to Federal Security Agency to
function as a part of Bureau of Employment Security in Social Security
Administration. Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1949, eff. Aug. 20, 1949,
transferred Bureau of Employment Security, including United States
Employment Service, to Department of Labor.
Wage and Hour Division established in Department of Labor by act
June 25, 1938, and consolidated with Division of Public Contracts by
order of Secretary of Labor on Aug. 21, 1942.
Women's Bureau established in Department of Labor by act June 5,
1920.
Bureau of Immigration and Bureau of Naturalization, placed under
jurisdiction of Department of Labor upon its creation by act Mar. 4,
1913, consolidated as Immigration and Naturalization Service by Ex. Ord.
No. 6166, Sec. 14. Immigration and Naturalization Service of Department
of Labor, including Office of Commissioner of Immigration and
Naturalization, transferred to Department of Justice by Reorg. Plan No.
V of 1940, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
Children's Bureau transferred from Department of Labor to Federal
Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5. For status of Children's Bureau, see note under section 191 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
United States Conciliation Service established in Department of
Labor by virtue of act Mar. 4, 1913, Sec. 8, formerly set out as section
619 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and
Employees, and section 51 of this title, but was discontinued in view of
act June 23, 1947, Sec. 202, and set out as section 172 of this title,
which transferred to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an
independent agency, all powers and functions vested in Secretary of
Labor by act Mar. 4, 1913, Sec. 8, formerly cited as a credit to this
section.
