---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 176"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "176"
heading: "National emergencies; appointment of board of inquiry by President; report; contents; filing with Service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/176"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Labor-Management Relations"
  - "Subchapter III — Conciliation of Labor Disputes; National Emergencies"
---

# §176. National emergencies; appointment of board of inquiry by President; report; contents; filing with Service


Whenever in the opinion of the President of the United States, a threatened or actual [strike](/usc/29/142.md?p=2) or lockout affecting an entire industry or a substantial part thereof engaged in trade, [commerce](/usc/29/152.md?p=6), transportation, transmission, or communication among the several States or with foreign nations, or engaged in the production of goods for [commerce](/usc/29/152.md?p=6), will, if permitted to occur or to continue, imperil the national health or safety, he may appoint a board of inquiry to inquire into the issues involved in the dispute and to make a written report to him within such time as he shall prescribe. Such report shall include a statement of the facts with respect to the dispute, including each party’s statement of its position but shall not contain any recommendations. The President shall file a copy of such report with the Service and shall make its contents available to the public.


## Source credit

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, § 206, 61 Stat. 155.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Executive Order No. 11621

Ex. Ord. No. 11621, Oct. 4, 1971, 36 F.R. 19435, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11622, Oct. 5, 1971, 36 F.R. 19491, which created a Board of Inquiry to inquire into issues involved in certain labor disputes, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.