Survey authority citations

Title 13 U.S.C

§131. Collection and publication; five-year periods
The Secretary shall take, compile, and publish censuses of manufactures, of mineral industries, and of
other businesses, including the distributive trades, service establishments, and transportation (exclusive
of means of transportation for which statistics are required by law to be filed with, and are compiled
and published by, a designated regulatory body), in the year 1964, then in the year 1968, and every fifth
year thereafter, and each such census shall relate to the year immediately preceding the taking thereof.

§182. Surveys
The Secretary may make surveys deemed necessary to furnish annual and other interim current data on
the subjects covered by the censuses provided for in this title.