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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "29 U.S.C. § 3"
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description: "Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office; compensation"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 29
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title_name: "LABOR"
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chapter_number: "1"
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chapter_name: "LABOR STATISTICS"
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section: "3"
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citation: "29 U.S.C. § 3"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 29 U.S.C. § 3 - Commissioner; appointment and tenure of office; compensation
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## Text
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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.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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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.
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Executive Documents
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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.
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