[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR801.10]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 801_APPLICATION OF THE EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF 1988
--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Exemptions
 
Sec. 801.10  Exclusion for public sector employers.


    (a) Section 7(a) provides an exclusion from the Act's coverage for 
the United States Government, any State or local government, or any 
political subdivision of a State or local government, acting in the 
capaicty of an employer. This exclusion from the Act also extends to any 
interstate governmental agency.
    (b) The term United States Government means any agency or 
instrumentality, civilian or military, of the executive, legislative, or 
judicial branches of the Federal Government, and includes independent 
agencies, wholly-owned government corporations, and nonappropriated fund 
instrumentalities.

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    (c) The term any political subdivision of a State or local 
government means any entity which is either.
    (1) Created directly by a state or local government, or
    (2) Administered by individuals who are responsible to public 
officials (i.e., appointed by an elected public official(s) and/or 
subject to removal procedures for public officials, or to the general 
electorate.
    (d) This exclusion from the Act applies only to the Federal, State, 
and local government entity with respect to its own public employees. 
Except as provided in sections 7 (b) and (c) of the Act, and Sec. 
801.11 of the regulations, this exclusion does not extend to contractors 
or nongovernmental agents of a government entity, nor does it extend to 
government entities with respect to employees of a private employer with 
which the government entity has a contractual or other business 
relationship.