42 U.S.C. § 192 : US Code - Section 192: Chief of bureau; investigations and reports

Search 42 U.S.C. § 192 : US Code - Section 192: Chief of bureau; investigations and reports

The Children's Bureau shall be under the direction of a chief, to
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate. The said bureau shall investigate and report to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon all matters pertaining
to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our
people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant
mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion,
dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children,
employment, legislation affecting children in the several States
and Territories. But no official, or agent, or representative of
said bureau shall, over the objection of the head of the family,
enter any house used exclusively as a family residence. The chief
of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these
investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be
prescribed by the Secretary.