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assure maximum cooperation between the agricultural

extension services of the land-grant colleges and the

State public employment agencies in the recruitment

and placement of domestic farm labor and in the keeping of such records and information with respect thereto as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment compensation

laws and of title V of the Servicemen’s Readjustment

Act of 1944, as amended (58 Stat. 295).’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 39 section 3202.

§ 49a. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term ‘‘chief elected official or officials’’ has the same meaning given that term

under the Job Training Partnership Act [29

U.S.C. 1501 et seq.];

(2) the term ‘‘private industry council’’ has

the same meaning given that term under the

Job Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1501 et

seq.];

(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Labor;

(4) the term ‘‘service delivery area’’ has the

same meaning given that term under the Job

Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1501 et

seq.]; and

(5) the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the

Virgin Islands.

(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, §2, 48 Stat. 114; Pub. L.

97–300, title VI, §601(a), formerly title V, §501(a),

Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1392; renumbered title VI,

§601(a), Pub. L. 100–628, title VII, §712(a)(1), (2),

Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3248.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original

‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113,

as amended, which was classified to this chapter and

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 Section 338 of former title 39 was repealed and reenacted as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, Sept. 2, 1960, 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former title 39 was repealed and reenacted as section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, Aug.

12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719.

The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in

pars. (1), (2), and (4), is Pub. L. 97–300, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1322, as amended, which is classified generally to

chapter 19 (§1501 et seq.) of this title. For complete

classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title

note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1982—Pub. L. 97–300 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to definitions for provisions which authorized appointment of personnel and

payment of office expenses.

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 is classified to section 1591(i) of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For history of transfer of functions of United States

Employment Service, see note set out under section 49

of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 39 section 3202.

§ 49b. Function of Service

(a) The United States Employment Service

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) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of

Labor 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.

(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, §3, 48 Stat. 114; Sept. 8, 1950,

ch. 933, §1, 64 Stat. 822; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, §6(a),

68 Stat. 665; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, §17(a), 70 Stat.

910; Pub. L. 86–624, §21(a), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat.

417; Pub. L. 93–198, title II, §204(c), Dec. 24, 1973,

87 Stat. 783; Pub. L. 94–566, title V, §508(a), Oct.

20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2689; Pub. L. 97–300, title VI,

§601(a), formerly title V, §501(a), Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1392; renumbered title VI, §601(a), Pub. L.

100–628, title VII, §712(a)(1), (2), Nov. 7, 1988, 102

Stat. 3248; Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, §1535(b)(2),

Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1584; Pub. L. 104–193, title

I, §110(m), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2173.)

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 (§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 (§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,