§ 3. Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office; compensation

Statutory text

The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be under the charge of a Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; he shall hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1884
Pub. L. 48–127 · 23 Stat. 60
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 3
June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Act June 13, 1888, raised salary from $3,000 to $5,000 per annum.

Act Mar. 18, 1904, changed name of Department of Labor to Bureau of Labor.

Act Mar. 4, 1913, authorized the substitution of “Commissioner of Labor Statistics” and “Bureau of Labor Statistics” for “Commissioner of Labor” and “Bureau of Labor”, respectively.

Words “of five thousand dollars per annum” at end of section were omitted as superseded by the Classification Acts. See sections 5101 et seq. and 5331 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1884–1913 · 4 acts

1884June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60
1888June 13, 1888, ch. 389, § 2, 25 Stat. 182
1904Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136
1913Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737.

Show as published

(June 27, 1884, ch. 127, 23 Stat. 60; June 13, 1888, ch. 389, § 2, 25 Stat. 182; Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, 33 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737.)