Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 12 — Department of Labor
§ 553. Assistant Secretaries; appointment; duties
Statutory text
There are established in the Department of Labor nine offices of Assistant Secretary of Labor, which shall be filled by appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each of the Assistant Secretaries of Labor shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor or required by law. One of such Assistant Secretaries shall be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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.
Pub. L. 79–140 § 2 · 60 Stat. 91
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 553
Apr. 17, 1946, ch. 140, § 2, 60 Stat. 91
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 17, 1946, ch. 140, § 2, 60 Stat. 91Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. There are hereby established in the Department of Labor Assistant Secretaries. three offices of Assistant Secretary of Labor, which shall be filled by appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent Compensation; duties. of the Senate. Each of the Assistant Secretaries of Labor shall receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 a year and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor or required by law.Pub. L. 87–137 § 1 · 75 Stat. 338
Changed · 29 U.S.C. § 553
Pub. L. 87–137 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from three to four
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 87–137 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from three to four.Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–596 § 29(a) · 84 Stat. 1590
Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 553
Pub. L. 91–596 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from four to five and inserted provision that one of such Assistant Secretaries be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–596 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from four to five and inserted provision that one of such Assistant Secretaries be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 2 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 91) as 75 Stat. 338. amended (29 U.S.C. 553) is amended by— (1) striking out “four” in the first sentence of such section and inserting in lieu thereof “five”; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new sentence, “One of such Assistant Secretaries shall be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–596 effective 120 days after Dec. 29, 1970 see section 34 of Pub. L. 91–596, set out as an Effective Date note under section 651 of this title.Department of Labor Executive Level Conforming Amendments of 1986
Pub. L. 99–619 § 2(b)(1) · 100 Stat. 3491
Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 553
Pub. L. 99–619 substituted “nine offices” for “five offices”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–619 substituted “nine offices” for “five offices”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 2 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 91; 29 U.S.C. 553), as amended, is amended by striking out “five” in the first sentence of such section and inserting in lieu thereof “nine”.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions of this section which prescribed the basic annual compensation of the Assistant Secretaries were omitted to conform to the provisions of the Executive Schedule. See section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 611b of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments1961–1986 · 3 rounds
1986
Pub. L. 99–619 substituted “nine offices” for “five offices”.
1970
Pub. L. 91–596 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from four to five and inserted provision that one of such Assistant Secretaries be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
1961
Pub. L. 87–137 increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of Labor from three to four.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–596 effective 120 days after see section 34 of Pub. L. 91–596, set out as an Effective Date note under section 651 of this title.
Assistant Secretaries for Administration and Management and Public Affairs
Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(i)(1), , 126 Stat. 1285, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 2 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (29 U.S.C. 553), the appointment of individuals to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs within the Department of Labor, shall not be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.”
References in Other Laws
Pub. L. 99–619, § 2(b)(3), , 100 Stat. 3491, provided that: “Any reference in any law, regulation, certificate, directive, or other document to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment in force on the date of enactment of this Act [] shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.”
Present Incumbent
Pub. L. 99–619, § 2(f)(2), , 100 Stat. 3492, provided that the incumbent in the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment on , could serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training at the pleasure of the President after such date and that the amendments made by subsection (b)(2) of Pub. L. 99–619 to section 5315 of title 5 were to apply to such incumbent.
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
1946–1986 · 4 acts
- 1946Apr. 17, 1946, ch. 140, § 2, 60 Stat. 91
- 1961Pub. L. 87–137, § 1, , 75 Stat. 338
- 1970Pub. L. 91–596, § 29(a), , 84 Stat. 1618
- 1986Pub. L. 99–619, § 2(b)(1), , 100 Stat. 3491.
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(Apr. 17, 1946, ch. 140, § 2, 60 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 87–137, § 1, , 75 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 91–596, § 29(a), , 84 Stat. 1618; Pub. L. 99–619, § 2(b)(1), , 100 Stat. 3491.)