---
kind: "unit"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
key: "ch12"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 12"
heading: "Department of Labor"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/ch12"
sections_count: 22
---

# Chapter 12 — Department of Labor

Title 29 — Labor

## Sections

- [§551. Establishment of Department; Secretary; seal](/usc/29/551.md)
- [§552. Deputy Secretary; appointment; duties](/usc/29/552.md)
- [§553. Assistant Secretaries; appointment; duties](/usc/29/553.md)
- [§554. Assistants to Secretary](/usc/29/554.md)
- [§555. Solicitor](/usc/29/555.md)
- [§556. Chief clerk; other employees](/usc/29/556.md)
- [§557. Bureaus and offices in Department](/usc/29/557.md)
- [§557a. Mine Safety and Health Administration](/usc/29/557a.md)
- [§557b. Office of disability employment policy](/usc/29/557b.md)
- [§558. Library, records, etc., of Department](/usc/29/558.md)
- [§559. Rented quarters](/usc/29/559.md)
- [§560. Reports and investigations](/usc/29/560.md)
- [§561. Records and papers and furniture transferred to Department](/usc/29/561.md)
- [§562. Laws operative](/usc/29/562.md)
- [§563. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; capitalization; reimbursement](/usc/29/563.md)
- [§563a. Repealed.](/usc/29/563a.md)
- [§564. Repealed.](/usc/29/564.md)
- [§565. Repealed.](/usc/29/565.md)
- [§566. Employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs](/usc/29/566.md)
- [§567. Labor-management dispute settlement expenses](/usc/29/567.md)
- [§568. Acceptance of donations by Secretary](/usc/29/568.md)
- [§569. Security detail](/usc/29/569.md)