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Guide to Case Types

Case numbers are based on the docket numbers assigned by the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The threeletter Case Type usually relates to the underlying act or to the subject matter of the proceeding. A chart of the

currently active case types follows:

ARN - "Alien Registered Nurse" - Immigration Nursing Relief Act, amending the Immigration and Nationality

Act, 8 USC §§ 1101(a)(15)(H) and 1182(m)

(H-1A visas)

[20 CFR Part 655, Subpart D; 29 CFR Part 504]

BCA - Board of Contract Appeals

[41 CFR 29-60 (The BCA regulations are no longer reprinted in the CFR but are still in effect. The

original source is 37 Fed Reg 14303 (June 19, 1972))]

BLA - Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 USC § 901 et seq.

[20 CFR Part 410, 718, 727]

BLO - "Black Lung Overpayment" - Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 USC § 934

[20 CFR §§ 725.522, 725.540]

BMI - "Black Lung Medical Interest" - Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 USC § 934(b)(1)

[20 CFR § 725.608]

BMO - Black Lung - "Medical Benefits Only"

[20 CFR Part 725.701A]

BTD - "Black Lung Disputed Medical Treatment"

[20 CFR § 725.707(a)]

CAA - Clean Air Act, 42 USC § 7622

[29 CFR Part 24]

CBV - "Collective Bargaining Variance" - McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 USC § 351- 358

[29 CFR Parts 4, 6]

CCP - "Compensation Conformity Proceedings" - Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 USC § 3301 et seq.

[20 CFR Part 601]

CER - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 USC § 9610

[29 CFR Part 24]

CET - Comprehensive Employment & Training Act, 29 USC § 801 [repealed]

[29 CFR Part 675 (removed from CFR in 1990)]

CLA - "Child Labor" - Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC § 216(e)

[29 CFR Parts 579, 580]

CPA - CETA Program Audit [repealed] -- Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, 29 USC § 801 et seq.
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[29 CFR Part 98.40 et seq.]

CRA - Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, 31 USC §§ 3801-3812

[29 CFR Part 22]

CTA - "Compensation ETA Audit" [repealed] -- Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, 29 USC § 801

et seq.

[29 CFR Part 98.40 et seq.]

DBA - Davis-Bacon Act, 40 USC § 276a et seq.

[29 CFR Parts 5, 6]

DCA - Debt Collection Act of 1982, 31 USC § 3711(f)

[29 CFR Part 20]

DCW - District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act, 31 DC Code § 301 et seq.

[20 CFR Part 702]

EPP - Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, 29 USC §§ 2001-2009

[29 CFR Part 801]

ERA - Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, 42 USC § 5851

[29 CFR Part 24]

ESA - Employment Services under the Wagner-Peyser Act, 19 USC § 49 et seq.; 38 USC Chapters 41 and 42

[20 CFR Part 658]

[see also JSA]

[Note: On some older decisions, ESA stands for Employee Security Amendment to the Federal

Unemployment Tax Act]

FLS - Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC § 201

[29 CFR Part 580]

JSA - "Job Service" system complaints

[same as ESA]

JTP - Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC § 1501

[20 CFR Parts 626-628, 631-634, 636-638]

INA - Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC § 1182(a)(5)(A)

(Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals cases)

[20 CFR Part 656]

LCA - "Labor Condition Application" - Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC § 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 1182(n)

and 1184 and 29 USC § 49 et seq.

(H-1B visas)

LHC - Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 USC § 901 et seq.

[20 CFR Part 702]

LHK - Longshore - Debarment of doctors - Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 USC § 901 et

seq.

[20 CFR Part 702.432-434]

MSA - Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977, 30 USC §§ 951-961

[30 CFR Part 44]
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MSP - Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, 29 USC §§ 1801-1872

[29 CFR Part 500]

OAA - Older American Amendments of 1975 to the Older American Community Service Employment Act, 42

USC § 3056

[29 CFR Part 89.1 et seq.]

OFC - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

E.O. 11246

E.O. 11375

E.O. 12086

[41 CFR Part 60-1]

Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC § 793

[41 CFR Part 60-741]

Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, 38 USC §§ 4211 and 4212

[41 CFR Part 60-250]

OSH - Occupational Safety & Health Act, 29 USC § 651 et seq.

[rulemaking and other miscellaneous proceedings]

PCA - Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, 41 USC § 35 et seq.

[41 CFR Part 50]

RIS - Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 USC §§ 1132, 1135

[29 CFR Parts 2560, 2570]

SCA - McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, 41 USC § 351

[29 CFR Parts 4, 6]

SOC - "Standards of Conduct" - Labor-Management Reporting & Disclosure Act of 1965, 5 USC § 7120

[29 CFR Part 458]

SCC - McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act

[same as SCA]

SDW - Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC § 300j-9(i)

[29 CFR Part 24]

STA - Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 49 USC § 31105 (formerly 49 USC app. § 2305)

[29 CFR Part 1978]

SWD - Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 USC § 6971 (a/k/a Resource Conservation & Recovery Act)

[29 CFR Part 24]

TAE - "Temporary Alien Employment" - Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC § 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a);

1188(c)

(H-2A and H-2B visas - ESA enforcement actions)

[29 CFR Part 501]

TLC - "Temporary Labor Certification" - Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC § 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a);

1188(c)

(H-2A and H-2B visas - ETA actions)

[20 CFR Part 655, Subparts A and B]

TRA - Trade Act of 1974, 19 USC § 2271 et seq.

[20 CFR Part 617]
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TSC - Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC § 2622

[29 CFR Part 24]

TSE - "Temporary Student Employment" - Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC §§ 1101(a)(15) and 1184 note

(F-1 visas)

[20 CFR Part 655, Subpart J; 29 CFR Part 508]

UIA - "Unemployment Insurance" - Federal State Extended Unemployment Tax Act of 1970, 26 USC § 3304 et

seq.

[20 C.F.R. Parts 601 to 615; 41 C.F.R. Part 29-70 (1983); Employment & Training Order No. 5-85 (Aug.

16, 1985); 50 Fed. Reg. 40,072 (Oct. 1, 1985)]

WIN - Work Incentive Program - National Review Panel, Title IV of Social Security Act

[29 CFR Part 56]

WPA - Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, 29 USC § 49

[20 CFR Parts 601, 652, 654; 29 CFR Parts 31, 502]

WPC - Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC § 1367

[29 CFR Part 24]

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