15 U.S.C. § 2402 — Congressional statement of purpose

to establish a national policy which will encourage productivity growth consistent with needs of the economy, the natural environment, and the needs, rights, and best interests of management, the work force, and consumers; and

to establish as an independent establishment of the executive branch a National Center^* for Productivity and Quality of Working Life to focus, coordinate, and promote efforts to improve the rate of productivity growth.