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01/19/04
Sec. 2. Collection, collation, and reports of labor statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the direction of the
Secretary of Labor, shall collect, collate, and report at least
once each year, or oftener if necessary, full and complete
statistics of the conditions of labor and the products and
distribution of the products of the same, and to this end said
Secretary shall have power to employ any or either of the bureaus
provided for his department and to rearrange such statistical work,
and to distribute or consolidate the same as may be deemed
desirable in the public interests; and said Secretary shall also
have authority to call upon other departments of the Government for
statistical data and results obtained by them; and said Secretary
of Labor may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical
information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate,
report, and publish at least once each month full and complete
statistics of the volume of and changes in employment, as indicated
by the number of persons employed, the total wages paid, and the
total hours of employment, in the service of the Federal
Government, the States and political subdivisions thereof, and in
the following industries and their principal branches: (1)
Manufacturing; (2) mining, quarrying, and crude petroleum
production; (3) building construction; (4) agriculture and
lumbering; (5) transportation, communication, and other public
utilities; (6) the retail and wholesale trades; and such other
industries as the Secretary of Labor may deem it in the public
interest to include. Such statistics shall be reported for all such
industries and their principal branches throughout the United
States and also by States and/or Federal reserve districts and by
such smaller geographical subdivisions as the said Secretary may
from time to time prescribe. The said Secretary is authorized to
arrange with any Federal, State, or municipal bureau or other
governmental agency for the collection of such statistics in such
manner as he may deem satisfactory, and may assign special agents
of the Department of Labor to any such bureau or agency to assist
in such collection.
AMENDMENTS
1930 - Act July 7, 1930, inserted second par.
CENSUS DATA ON WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES; STUDY AND REPORT
For provisions requiring Bureaus of Labor Statistics and the
Census to include certain data on women-owned businesses in census
reports, and requiring a study and report on the most cost
effective and accurate means to gather and present such data, see
section 501 of Pub. L. 100-533, set out as a note under section 131
of Title 13, Census.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR OLDER AMERICANS
Pub. L. 100-175, title I, Sec. 191, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 967,
provided that: "The Secretary of Labor shall, through the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, develop, from existing data sources, a reweighted
index of consumer prices which reflects the expenditures for
consumption by Americans 62 years of age and older. The Secretary
shall furnish to the Congress the index within 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1987]. The Secretary shall
include with the index furnished a report which explains the
characteristics of the reweighted index, the research necessary to
develop and measure accurately the rate of inflation affecting such
Americans, and provides estimates of time and cost required for
additional activities necessary to carry out the objectives of this
section."
PRISON STATISTICS REPORT
Joint Res. June 17, 1940, ch. 389, 54 Stat. 401, authorized
Bureau of Labor Statistics to furnish a report to Congress before
May 1, 1941, on kind, amount, and value of all goods produced in
State and Federal prisons.
Last modified: April 16, 2006
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