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29 USC § 5 - Bulletin as to labor conditions 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s5"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 5 - Bulletin as to labor conditions"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "5"
section_name: "Bulletin as to labor conditions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "LABOR STATISTICS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 805; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737.)"
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# § 5. Bulletin as to labor conditions

The Commissioner of Labor Statistics is authorized to prepare and publish a bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as to the condition of labor in this and other countries, condensations of State and foreign labor reports, facts as to conditions of employment, and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of the country.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 805; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Provision of act , as to printing of the bulletin for distribution is covered by , Public Printing and Documents.

Act , changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of Labor.

Act , authorized substitution of “Commissioner of Labor Statistics” and “Bureau of Labor Statistics” for “Commissioner of Labor” and “Bureau of Labor”, respectively.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Statistics of Cities

Commissioner authorized to compile, as part of bulletin of Department, an abstract of main features of official statistics of cities having over 30,000 population, by a provision of , .

## 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. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.