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[CITE: 29USC49b]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                 CHAPTER 4B--FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
 
Sec. 49b. Duties of Secretary


(a) Assistance to State public employment services

    The Secretary shall assist in coordinating the State public 
employment services throughout the country and in increasing their 
usefulness by developing and prescribing minimum standards of 
efficiency, assisting them in meeting problems peculiar to their 
localities, promoting uniformity in their administrative and statistical 
procedure, furnishing and publishing information as to opportunities for 
employment and other information of value in the operation of the 
system, and maintaining a system for clearing labor between the States.

(b) Provision of unemployment compensation information

    It shall be the duty of the Secretary to assure that unemployment 
insurance and employment service offices in each State, as appropriate, 
upon request of a public agency administering or supervising the 
administration of a State program funded under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], of a public agency charged 
with any duty or responsibility under any program or activity authorized 
or required under part D of title IV of such Act [42 U.S.C. 651 et 
seq.], or of a State agency charged with the administration of the food 
stamp program in a State under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.), shall (and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, is 
authorized to) furnish to such agency making the request, from any data 
contained in the files of any such office, information with respect to 
any individual specified in the request as to (1) whether such 
individual is receiving, has received, or has made application for, 
unemployment compensation, and the amount of any such compensation being 
received by such individual, (2) the current (or most recent) home 
address of such individual, and (3) whether such individual has refused 
an offer of employment and, if so, a description of the employment so 
offered and the terms, conditions, and rate of pay therefor.

(c) Public labor exchange services

    The Secretary shall--
        (1) assist in the coordination and development of a nationwide 
    system of public labor exchange services, provided as part of the 
    one-stop customer service systems of the States;
        (2) assist in the development of continuous improvement models 
    for such nationwide system that ensure private sector satisfaction 
    with the system and meet the demands of jobseekers relating to the 
    system; and
        (3) ensure, for individuals otherwise eligible to receive 
    unemployment compensation, the provision of reemployment services 
    and other activities in which the individuals are required to 
    participate to receive the compensation.

(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, Sec. 3, 48 Stat. 114; Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 933, 
Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 822; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, Sec. 6(a), 68 Stat. 665; 
Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, Sec. 17(a), 70 Stat. 910; Pub. L. 86-624, 
Sec. 21(a), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 417; Pub. L. 93-198, title II, 
Sec. 204(c), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 783; Pub. L. 94-566, title V, 
Sec. 508(a), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2689; Pub. L. 97-300, title VI, 
Sec. 601(a), formerly title V, Sec. 501(a), Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 
1392; renumbered title VI, Sec. 601(a), Pub. L. 100-628, title VII, 
Sec. 712(a)(1), (2), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3248; Pub. L. 99-198, title 
XV, Sec. 1535(b)(2), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1584; Pub. L. 104-193, 
title I, Sec. 110(m), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2173; Pub. L. 105-220, 
title III, Secs. 302(a), 310, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1080, 1086.)

                       References in Text

    The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 
1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act is classified generally to part A (Sec. 601 et seq.) 
of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare. Part D of title IV of such Act is classified generally to part 
D (Sec. 651 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of Title 42. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of 
Title 42 and Tables.
    The Food Stamp Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 
88-525, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 2011 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2011 of Title 7 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-220, Sec. 302(a)(1), substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``United States Employment Service''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-220, Sec. 310, substituted ``Secretary'' 
for ``Secretary of Labor''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-220, Sec. 302(a)(2), added subsec. (c).
    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-193 substituted ``State program 
funded under part A of title IV'' for ``State plan approved under part A 
of title IV''.
    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted reference to a State 
agency charged with the administration of the food stamp program in a 
State under the Food Stamp Act.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-300, amended section generally, substituting 
provisions which set out functions of the Service and duties of the 
Secretary of Labor for provisions which had stated the purposes of the 
Service, including services to veterans and supplying of data for the 
administration of programs in aid of families with dependent children, 
and defined ``State''.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-566 provided that the bureau has a 
further duty to assure that the employment offices in each State, upon 
request of a public agency administering or supervising the 
administration of a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act or of a public agency charged with any duty or 
responsibility under any program or activity authorized or required 
under part D of title IV of such Act, furnish to such agency making the 
request, from any data contained in the files of any such employment 
office, information with respect to any individual specified in the 
request as to whether such individual is receiving, has received, or has 
made application for, unemployment compensation, and the amount of any 
such compensation being received by such individual, the current (or 
most recent) home address of such individual, and whether such 
individual has refused an offer of employment and, if so, a description 
of the employment so offered and terms, conditions, and rate of pay 
therefor.
    1973--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-198, Sec. 204(c)(1), struck out 
function of maintaining a public employment service for the District of 
Columbia from the functions of the bureau.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-198, Sec. 204(c)(2), included District of 
Columbia in definition of ``State'' or ``States''.
    1960--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-624 struck out ``Hawaii, Alaska,'' 
before ``Puerto Rico''.
    1956--Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 1, 1956, inserted ``Guam'' after 
``Puerto Rico''.
    1954--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 3, 1954, inserted provisions relating to 
employment counseling and placement services for handicapped persons.
    1950--Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 8, 1950, included Puerto Rico and 
Virgin Islands in definition of ``State'' or ``States''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

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


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-193 effective July 1, 1997, with transition 
rules relating to State options to accelerate such date, rules relating 
to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules 
relating to closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially 
modified programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for 
Family Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement 
under AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. L. 104-193, as amended, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-300 effective Oct. 1, 1983, but with 
Secretary authorized to use funds appropriated for fiscal 1983 to plan 
for orderly implementation of amendment, see section 181(i) of Pub. L. 
97-300, which was formerly classified to section 1591(i) of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Section 771(b) of Pub. L. 93-198 provided in part that title II of 
Pub. L. 93-198 [amending this section and section 50 of this title and 
enacting provisions set out as notes under section 49 of this title and 
section 8101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], shall 
take effect on July 1, 1974.


                    Effective Date of 1954 Amendment

    Section 8 of act Aug. 3, 1954, provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this Act [enacting section 107e-1 of Title 20, Education, and 
amending this section, sections 31 to 41, 42, and 49g of this title, 
sections 107, 107a, 107b, 107e, and 107f of Title 20, and section 155a 
of former Title 36, Patriotic Societies and Observances] shall become 
effective July 1, 1954.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 49a of this title; title 7 
section 2022; title 39 section 3202; title 42 section 603a.
