29 USC § 556 - Chief clerk; other employees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s556"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 556 - Chief clerk; other employees"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "556"
section_name: "Chief clerk; other employees"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 2, 37 Stat. 736; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933.)"
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# § 556. Chief clerk; other employees

There shall be in said department a chief clerk and such other clerical assistants, inspectors, and special agents as may from time to time be provided for by Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 2, 37 Stat. 736; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The words “a disbursing clerk” were omitted from text on authority of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, which transferred all functions relating to the disbursement of moneys of the United States to the Treasury Department. See , Money and Finance.

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.