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title: "29 U.S.C. § 13"
description: "Powers and duties of bureau"
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title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
chapter_number: "2"
chapter_name: "WOMENS BUREAU"
section: "13"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 13"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 29 U.S.C. § 13 - Powers and duties of bureau
## Text
It shall be the duty of the Womens Bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 2, 41 Stat. 987.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Part of section 2 of act June 5, 1920, constitutes section 12 of this title.
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.