29 USC § 12 - Director of bureau; appointment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s12"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 12 - Director of bureau; appointment"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "12"
section_name: "Director of bureau; appointment"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "WOMEN’S BUREAU"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 2, 41 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(i)(2), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1286.)"
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# § 12. Director of bureau; appointment

The Women’s Bureau shall be in charge of a director, a woman, to be appointed by the President.

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**Source Credit**: (June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 2, 41 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(i)(2), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1286.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Part of section 2 of act , constitutes .

Words “who shall receive an annual compensation of $5,000” were omitted in view of the Classification Acts. See sections 5101 et seq. and 5331 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Amendments

2012— struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” before period at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2012 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 60 days after , and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see , set out as a note under , Domestic Security.

## 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.