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29 U.S.C. 555: SolicitorText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 29-LABORCHAPTER 12-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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§555. Solicitor

There shall be a solicitor for the Department of Labor.

( Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1 , 33 Stat. 135 ; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 7 , 37 Stat. 738 ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 7, June 10, 1933 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

The words “of the Department of Justice” were omitted from text on authority of section 7 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, which transferred the Solicitor for the Department of Labor from the Department of Justice to the Department of Labor.

Section was formerly classified to section 613b of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Compensation of Solicitor

Compensation of solicitor, see section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6, of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.