There shall be established in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Womens Bureau.
29 USC 12 - Director of bureau; appointment
The Womens Bureau shall be in charge of a director, a woman, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
29 USC 13 - Powers and duties of bureau
It shall be the duty of the Womens Bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.
29 USC 14 - Assistant director of bureau; appointment; duties
There shall be in the Womens Bureau an assistant director, to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor, who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the director and approved by the Secretary of Labor.
Section, act June 5, 1920, ch. 248, 4, 41 Stat. 987, authorized employment by Womans Bureau of Department of Labor of such employees at such rates of compensation as Congress may provide by appropriation.