[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR652.1]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 652--ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--Employment Service Operations
 
Sec. 652.1  Introduction and definitions.

    Source: 48 FR 50665, Nov. 2, 1983, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) These regulations implement the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser 
Act,

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known hereafter as the Act, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (WIA). Congress intended that the States exercise broad 
authority in implementing provisions of the Act.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided the definitions contained in 
section 2 of the Act apply to these regulations.
    Act means the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.).
    Department means the United States Department of Labor (DOL), 
including its agencies and organizational units.
    Governor means the chief executive of any State.
    JTPA means the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (29 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.).
    State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
    State Agency means the State governmental unit designated under 
section 4 of the Act to cooperate with the Secretary in the operation of 
the public employment service system.
    State Workforce Investment Board (State Board) means the entity 
within a State appointed by the Governor under section 111 of the 
Workforce Investment Act.
    WIA means the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et 
seq.).

[48 FR 50665, Nov. 2, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 18761, Apr. 15, 1999; 65 
FR 49462, Aug. 11, 2000]