The Children’s Bureau shall be under the direction of a chief, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The said bureau shall investigate and report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories. But no official, or agent, or representative of said bureau shall, over the objection of the head of the family, enter any house used exclusively as a family residence. The chief of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 73, § 237 Stat. 79Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 14137 Stat. 73760 Stat. 109567 Stat. 631Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)93 Stat. 695(, ; , §§ 3, 6, , 738; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 11 F.R. 7873, ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
43 Stat. 105063 Stat. 972Pub. L. 89–55480 Stat. 632Section 5102 of Title 5section 5103 of Title 5In the first sentence of this section, provisions which specified an annual compensation of $5,000 for the chief of the Childrens Bureau have been omitted superseded. Following enactment of the Classification Act of 1923, the compensation was fixed in accordance with that Act. See act , title IV, . Sections 1202 and 1204 of the Classification Act of 1949, , 973, repealed the Classification Act of 1923 and all other laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the 1949 Act. The Classification Act of 1949 was repealed by , , § 8(a), , and reenacted as chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. now contains the applicability provisions of the 1949 Act, and authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to determine the applicability to specific positions and employees.
section 18a of Title 29Section was formerly classified to , Labor.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.
section 191 of this title“Secretary of Labor” substituted for “Secretary of Commerce and Labor” pursuant to act . See note set out under .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
section 3501 of this titleFunctions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under . Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.
section 191 of this title“Federal Security Administrator” substituted for “said department” and for “Secretary of Labor” pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946. See note set out under .