Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§13 Powers and duties of bureau
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - WOMEN’S BUREAU › § 13
Summary
The Women's Bureau must make rules and policies to help working women, improve jobs, and increase their efficiency. It can investigate workplace matters, report to the Department of Labor, and publish findings with the Secretary's approval.
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Title 29, §13
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It shall be the duty of the Women’s Bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Part of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 12 of this title.
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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, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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29 U.S.C. § 13
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73