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§ 557. Bureaus and offices in Department

The following-named offices, bureaus, divisions, and branches of the public service, and all that pertains to the same, shall be under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of Labor:

1. Bureau of Employees’ Compensation.

2. Bureau of Labor Standards.

3. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

4. Division of Public Contracts.

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737; June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 1, 41 Stat. 987; June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 1, 48 Stat. 113; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 14, June 10, 1933; June 30, 1936, ch. 881, § 4, 49 Stat. 2038; June 25, 1938, ch. 676, § 4, 52 Stat. 1061; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 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, § 1, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, § 202, 61 Stat. 153; 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5225, 63 Stat. 1065; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1952, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, 1272.)