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Title 29 — Labor

Chapter 4B — Federal Employment Service

§ 49l. Miscellaneous operating authorities

Statutory text

(a)

The activities carried out pursuant to section 49f of this title shall be subject to the performance accountability measures that are based on indicators described in section 3141(b)(2)(A)(i) of this title.

(b)
(1)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the referral of any applicant to private agencies as long as the applicant is not charged a fee.

(2)

No funds paid under this chapter may be used by any State for advertising in newspapers for high paying jobs unless such State submits an annual report to the Secretary beginning in December 1984 concerning such advertising and the justifications therefor, and the justification may include that such jobs are part of a State industrial development effort.

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. Job Training Partnership Act

    Pub. L. 97–300 title VI § 601(h) · 96 Stat. 1322

    Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 49l

    June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(h), formerly title V, § 501(h), Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1397

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(h), formerly title V, § 501(h), Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1397

  2. Pub. L. 97–404 § 5 · 96 Stat. 2026

    1. Amended · 29 U.S.C. § 49l(b)

      Pub. L. 97–404 designated existing provisions as par. (1)

    2. Added · 29 U.S.C. § 49l(b)

      Pub. L. 97–404 added par. (2)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–404 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. Section 13 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as added by section Ante, p. 1397. 501(h) of the Act is amended by inserting “(1)” after “(b)” and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(2) No funds paid under this Act may be used by any State for Report. advertising in newspapers for high paying jobs unless such State submits an annual report to the Secretary beginning in December 1984 concerning such advertising and the justifications therefor, and the justification may include that such jobs are part of a State industrial development effort.”.

  3. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

    Pub. L. 113–128 title III § 307 · 128 Stat. 1425

    Amended · 29 U.S.C. § 49l(a)

    Pub. L. 113–128 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to establish performance standards for activities under this chapter which shall take into account the differences in priorities reflected in State plans.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to establish performance standards for activities under this chapter which shall take into account the differences in priorities reflected in State plans.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 307. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.   Section 13(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) The activities carried out pursuant to section 7 shall be subject to the performance accountability measures that are based on indicators described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.” .

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of this title.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 49l, act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 13, 48 Stat. 117, relating to mail franking privileges to employment systems, was transferred to section 338 of former Title 39, The Postal Service. Section 338 of former Title 39 was repealed and reenacted as section 4152 of former Title 39, The Postal Service by Pub. L. 86–682, , 74 Stat. 578. Section 4152 of former Title 39 was repealed and reenacted as section 3202 of Title 39, Postal Service, by Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 719.

Amendments1982–2014 · 2 rounds

2014

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to establish performance standards for activities under this chapter which shall take into account the differences in priorities reflected in State plans.”

1982

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–404 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective , but with Secretary authorized to use funds appropriated for fiscal 1983 to plan for orderly implementation of section, see section 181(i) of Pub. L. 97–300, which was formerly classified to section 1591(i) of this title.

Definitions of Terms in Pub. L. 113–128

Except as otherwise provided, definitions in section 3 of Pub. L. 113–128, which is classified to section 3102 of this title, apply to this section.

Credits

1933–2014 · 4 acts
  1. 1933June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(h), formerly title V, § 501(h), , 96 Stat. 1397
  2. 1988renumbered title VI, § 601(h), Pub. L. 100–628, title VII, § 712(a)(1), (2), , 102 Stat. 3248
  3. 1982amended Pub. L. 97–404, § 5, , 96 Stat. 2027
  4. 2014Pub. L. 113–128, title III, § 307, , 128 Stat. 1627.
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(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(h), formerly title V, § 501(h), , 96 Stat. 1397; renumbered title VI, § 601(h), Pub. L. 100–628, title VII, § 712(a)(1), (2), , 102 Stat. 3248; amended Pub. L. 97–404, § 5, , 96 Stat. 2027; Pub. L. 113–128, title III, § 307, , 128 Stat. 1627.)

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