Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 557 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 557 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 737; June 5, 1920, ch.
248, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 987; June 6, 1933, ch. 49, Sec. 1, 48 Stat.
113; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 14, June 10, 1933; June 30, 1936, ch.
881, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 2038; June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 4, 52
Stat. 1061; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, Sec. 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4
F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, Sec. 1, eff. June
4, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238; Ex. Ord. No. 9247, Sept. 17,
1942, 7 F.R. 7379; Ex. Ord. No. 9617, Sept. 19, 1945, 10 F.R.
11929; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R.
7873, 60 Stat. 1095; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 202, 61
Stat. 153; 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 20, 1949, 14
F.R. 5225, 63 Stat. 1065; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, Secs. 1, 2, eff.
May 24, 1952, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, 1272.)
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 616 of Title 5 prior
to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 1,
1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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, Secs. 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Bureau of Employees' Compensation transferred to Department of
Labor from Federal Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 19 of 1950,
Sec. 1, which was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 662, the subject matter of which is covered by
section 8101 et seq. of Title 5. Subsequently, Bureau of
Compensation absorbed by Employment Standards Administration in
Department of Labor.
Bureau of Labor Standards established in Department of Labor by
departmental order in 1934, and its functions absorbed by
Occupational Safety and Health Administration in May 1971.
Division of Public Contracts established in Department of Labor
by virtue of act June 30, 1936, and was consolidated with Wage and
Hour Division by order of Secretary of Labor on Aug. 21, 1942.
Subsequently, by order of Secretary of Labor in May 1971, Division
of Public Contracts absorbed by Wage and Hour Division.
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board transferred to Department
of Labor from Federal Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 19 of
1950, Sec. 2, which was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 662, the subject matter of which is covered
by section 8101 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
United States Employment Service created in Department of Labor
by act June 6, 1933. Service transferred to Federal Security Agency
by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, and its functions consolidated with
unemployment compensation functions of Social Security Board in
Bureau of Employment Security. Ex. Ord. No. 9247, Sept. 17, 1942,
transferred United States Employment Service from Social Security
Board to War Manpower Commission and became a part of Bureau of
Placement. Service transferred to Department of Labor by Ex. Ord.
No. 9617, Sept. 19, 1945, to be administered as an organizational
entity. Act June 16, 1948, ch. 472, 62 Stat. 443, transferred
Service to Federal Security Agency to function as a part of Bureau
of Employment Security in Social Security Administration. Reorg.
Plan No. 2 of 1949, eff. Aug. 20, 1949, transferred Bureau of
Employment Security, including United States Employment Service, to
Department of Labor.
Wage and Hour Division established in Department of Labor by act
June 25, 1938, and consolidated with Division of Public Contracts
by order of Secretary of Labor on Aug. 21, 1942.
Women's Bureau established in Department of Labor by act June 5,
1920.
Bureau of Immigration and Bureau of Naturalization, placed under
jurisdiction of Department of Labor upon its creation by act Mar.
4, 1913, consolidated as Immigration and Naturalization Service by
Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 14. Immigration and Naturalization Service
of Department of Labor, including Office of Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization, transferred to Department of
Justice by Reorg. Plan No. V of 1940, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Children's Bureau transferred from Department of Labor to Federal
Security Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5. For status of Children's Bureau, see note
under section 191 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
United States Conciliation Service established in Department of
Labor by virtue of act Mar. 4, 1913, Sec. 8, formerly set out as
section 619 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government
Officers and Employees, and section 51 of this title, but was
discontinued in view of act June 23, 1947, Sec. 202, and set out as
section 172 of this title, which transferred to Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service, an independent agency, all powers and
functions vested in Secretary of Labor by act Mar. 4, 1913, Sec. 8,
formerly cited as a credit to this section.