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01/19/04
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.
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."
Last modified: April 16, 2006
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