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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 172. Transfer of duties of Department of Labor; special investigations
The duties of the Department of Labor, or Bureau of Labor, "to
ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and whenever industrial
changes shall make it essential, the cost of producing articles at
the time dutiable in the United States, in leading countries where
such articles are produced, by fully specified units of production,
and under a classification showing the different elements of cost,
or approximate cost, of such articles of production, including the
wages paid in such industries per day, week, month, or year, or by
the piece; and hours employed per day; and the profits of
manufacturers and producers of such articles; and the comparative
cost of living, and the kind of living; what articles are
controlled by trusts or other combinations of capital, business
operations, or labor, and what effect said trusts, or other
combinations of capital, business operations, or labor have on
production and prices", are, as of August 23, 1912, transferred to
and shall be discharged by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, and it shall be also the duty of said Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce to make such special investigation and report
on particular subjects when required to do so by the President or
either House of Congress.
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