Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§49c–1 Transfer to States of property used by United States Employment Service
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 4B— - FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE › § 49c–1
Summary
Secretary of Labor may, without payment, transfer to a State Employment Service property located in that State (like records and equipment) once the State establishes and maintains employment offices under the Act of June 6, 1933 (sections 4, 5, 8) and rules. Property used for Veterans’ Service and for the Farm Placement Service is excluded.
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Title 29, §49c–1
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For the purpose of assisting the State employment services established and maintained in accordance with the terms of the Act of June 6, 1933, entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Employment System and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes”, as amended (48 Stat. 113; 49 Stat. 216) [29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.], the Secretary of Labor is authorized without payment of compensation to transfer and assign to the States in which it is located all property, including records, files, and office equipment, used by the United States Employment Service in its administrative and local employment offices in the respective States, except the records, files, and property used in the Veterans’ Service and in the Farm Placement Service maintained under the said Act, as soon as such States establish and maintain systems of public employment offices, in accordance with the terms of section 4, 5, and 8 of the said Act [29 U.S.C. 49c, 49d, 49g] and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Act of
June 6, 1933, and the said Act, referred to in text, are act
June 6, 1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113, known as the Wagner-Peyser Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 49 of this title and Tables. Codification This section was not enacted as part of the Wagner-Peyser Act which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For history of
Transfer of Functions
of United States Employment Service to Secretary of Labor, see notes set out under section 49 of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 49c–1
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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