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Title 29 — Labor

Chapter 4B — Federal Employment Service

§ 49k. Rules and regulations

Statutory text

The Secretary is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 73–49 § 12 · 48 Stat. 113

    Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 49k

    June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 12. The director, with the approval of the Secretary of Rules to be prescribed. Labor, is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

  2. Workforce Investment Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–220 title III § 308 · 112 Stat. 936

    Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 49k

    Pub. L. 105–220, which directed the substitution of “The Secretary” for “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,”, was executed by making the substitution for text which read in part “director” rather than “Director”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–220, which directed the substitution of “The Secretary” for “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,”, was executed by making the substitution for text which read in part “director” rather than “Director”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 308. REGULATIONS. Section 12 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49k) is amended by striking “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,” and inserting “The Secretary”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105–220 effective July 1, 1999, see section 311 of Pub. L. 105–220, formerly set out as a note under section 49a of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–220, which directed the substitution of “The Secretary” for “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,”, was executed by making the substitution for text which read in part “director” rather than “Director”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–220 effective , see section 311 of Pub. L. 105–220, formerly set out as a note under section 49a of this title.

Credits

1933–1998 · 2 acts
  1. 1933June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117
  2. 1998Pub. L. 105–220, title III, § 308, , 112 Stat. 1082.
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(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 105–220, title III, § 308, , 112 Stat. 1082.)

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