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+title: "29 U.S.C. § 12"
+description: "Director of bureau; appointment"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 29
+title_name: "LABOR"
+chapter_number: "2"
+chapter_name: "WOMEN’S BUREAU"
+section: "12"
+citation: "29 U.S.C. § 12"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 29 U.S.C. § 12 - Director of bureau; appointment
+
+## Text
+
+The Women’s Bureau shall be in charge of a director, a woman, to be appointed by the President.
+
+(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 2, 41 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(i)(2), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1286.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Part of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 13 of this title. Words “who shall receive an annual compensation of $5,000” were omitted in view of the Classification Acts. See sections 5101 et seq. and 5331 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
+
+Amendments2012—Pub. L. 112–166 struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” before period at end.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
+
+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.