The Bureau is continued as an agency within, and under the jurisdiction of, the Department of Commerce.
Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 115868 Stat. 1012(, .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 6, 1902, ch. 139, § 132 Stat. 51Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 432 Stat. 826Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 137 Stat. 736June 18, 1929, ch. 28, § 2146 Stat. 26Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., § 1 (, ; , ; , ; , ).
Section 1 of title 1330 Stat. 1014, U.S.C., 1952 ed., provided that the “Census Office” temporarily established in the Department of the Interior in accordance with the act of (ch. 419, ) “is made” a permanent office in the Department of Commerce. Such wording is no longer necessary, and the provisions, as revised in this section, merely continue the Bureau (of the Census) as an agency within, and under the jurisdiction of, the Department of Commerce.