Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 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 productivity 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 (, ; , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Provision of this section authorizing appropriations of up to $100,000 for studies by the bureau in the first fiscal year was omitted.

Amendments

1954—Act , repealed second par. which required Secretary of Labor to submit annually to Congress reports of findings under this section.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1263 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, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.