Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§6 Annual and special reports to President and Congress
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - LABOR STATISTICS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS › § 6
Summary
Commissioner must report yearly to President and Congress data and recommendations to promote efficiency. They may issue special reports when requested by the President or either House, and must report spending for the preceding fiscal year by March 15.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §6
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The Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall annually make a report in writing to the President and Congress, of the information collected and collated by him, and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the department. He is also authorized to make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subjects in his charge require it. He shall, on or before the 15th day of March in each year, make a report in detail to Congress of all moneys expended under his direction during the preceding fiscal year.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Act Mar. 4, 1913, authorized substitution of “Commissioner of Labor Statistics” for “Commissioner of Labor”.
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “March” for “December”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this section requiring the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, on or before March 15 each year, to report to Congress on all moneys expended under the Commissioner’s direction, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 124 of House Document No. 103–7.
Executive Documents
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. 174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 6
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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