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

29 U.S.C. § 555

Solicitor

There shall be a solicitor for the Department of Labor.

Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1 33 Stat. 135 Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 7 37 Stat. 738 (, ; , ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 7, .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

The words “of the Department of Justice” were omitted from text on authority of section 7 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, which transferred the Solicitor for the Department of Labor from the Department of Justice to the Department of Labor.

section 613b of Title 5Pub. L. 89–554, § 180 Stat. 378 Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Compensation of Solicitor

section 5315 of Title 5Compensation of solicitor, see , Government Organization and Employees.

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.