29 USC § 155 - National Labor Relations Board; principal office, conducting inquiries throughout country; participation in decisions or inquiries conducted by member

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title: "29 USC § 155 - National Labor Relations Board; principal office, conducting inquiries throughout country; participation in decisions or inquiries conducted by member"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "155"
section_name: "National Labor Relations Board; principal office, conducting inquiries throughout country; participation in decisions or inquiries conducted by member"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 5, 49 Stat. 452; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.)"
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# § 155. National Labor Relations Board; principal office, conducting inquiries throughout country; participation in decisions or inquiries conducted by member

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.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 5, 49 Stat. 452; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1947—Act , reenacted section without change.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1947 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by act , see section 104 of act , set out as a note under .