29 USC § 554 - Assistants to Secretary

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title: "29 USC § 554 - Assistants to Secretary"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "554"
section_name: "Assistants to Secretary"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 498, 44 Stat. 1415.)"
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# § 554. Assistants to Secretary

There shall be in the Department of Labor not more than two assistants to the Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor or required by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 498, 44 Stat. 1415.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

## 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.