Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102

§155 National Labor Relations Board; Principal Office, Conducting Inquiries Throughout Country; Participation in Decisions or Inquiries Conducted by Member

Title 29 › CHAPTER 7 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS › § 155

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Main office is in Washington, D.C., but the Board can meet and act anywhere in the U.S. It can send members or agents to investigate, and members who investigate may still join later decisions.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §155

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The principal office of the Board shall be in the District of Columbia, but it may meet and exercise any or all of its powers at any other place. The Board may, by one or more of its members or by such agents or agencies as it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its functions in any part of the United States. A member who participates in such an inquiry shall not be disqualified from subsequently participating in a decision of the Board in the same case.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1947—Act June 23, 1947, reenacted section without change.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1947 AmendmentFor

Effective Date

of amendment by act
June 23, 1947, see section 104 of act
June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 155

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102