Rule2024-03871
Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing; Corrections
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Published
February 28, 2024
Effective
February 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) published the Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing rule on November 24, 2023. In that rulemaking document, the Department inadvertently removed the definition of State Workforce Agency (SWA) official. The Department is correcting the regulatory text to align with the preamble description of retaining the definition of State Workforce Agency (SWA) official. This document corrects the final regulations that became effective January 23, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14581-14582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03871]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 651
[Docket No. ETA-2022-0003]
RIN 1205-AC02
Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing; Corrections
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) published the
Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing rule on November 24, 2023. In that
rulemaking document, the Department inadvertently removed the
definition of State Workforce Agency (SWA) official. The Department is
correcting the regulatory text to align with the preamble description
of retaining the definition of State Workforce Agency (SWA) official.
This document corrects the final regulations that became effective
January 23, 2024.
DATES: Effective on February 28, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Vitelli, Administrator, Office of
Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room C-4526,
Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: (202) 693-3980 (voice) (this is not a
toll- free number). For persons with a hearing or speech disability who
need assistance to use the telephone system, please dial 711 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 24, 2023, the Department
published a final rule (88 FR 82658) making changes to staffing
requirements under the Wagner-Peyser Act. Within the amendments to 20
CFR part 651, the introduction of the changes to the definitions in 20
CFR 651.10 specified at 2.f the removal of the definition State
Workforce Agency (SWA) official. The Department intended to retain this
definition as discussed in section V.B of the preamble to the final
rule. This correction reinstates the definition of State Workforce
Agency (SWA) official.
List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 651
Employment, Grant programs--labor.
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Accordingly, 20 CFR part 651 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 651--GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
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1. The authority citation for part 651 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 49a and 49k; 38 U.S.C. 101, chapters 41 and
42; Secs. 3, 189 and 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22,
2014).
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2. Amend Sec. 651.10 by adding in alphabetical order the definition of
State Workforce Agency (SWA) official to read as follows:
Sec. 651.10 Definitions of terms used in this part and parts 652,
653, 654, and 658 of this chapter.
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State Workforce Agency (SWA) official means an individual employed
by the State Workforce Agency or any of its subdivisions.
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Laura P. Watson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-03871 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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