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# 29 U.S.C. § 11 - Bureau established

## Text

There shall be established in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women’s Bureau.

(June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 1, 41 Stat. 987.)

## Notes

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.