§ 50. — Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC50]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 4C--APPRENTICE LABOR
Sec. 50. Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship
The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to formulate and
promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the
welfare of apprentices, to extend the application of such standards by
encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of apprenticeship, to
bring together employers and labor for the formulation of programs of
apprenticeship, to cooperate with State agencies engaged in the
formulation and promotion of standards of apprenticeship, and to
cooperate with the Secretary of Education in accordance with section 17
of title 20. For the purposes of this chapter the term ``State'' shall
include the District of Columbia.
(Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 664; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I,
Secs. 201, 204, 206, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424,
1425; July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title VII, 57 Stat. 518; 1953 Reorg. Plan
No. 1, Secs. 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub.
L. 93-198, title II, Sec. 204(h), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 784; Pub. L.
96-88, title III, Sec. 301(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677.)
References in Text
Section 17 of title 20, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L.
89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 643.
Codification
Words ``with the National Youth Administration'' were omitted from
text in view of abolition of National Youth Administration by act July
12, 1943.
Amendments
1973--Pub. L. 93-198 inserted provision that ``State'' includes the
District of Columbia.
Effective Date of 1973 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-198 effective July 1, 1974, see section
771(b) of Pub. L. 93-198, set out in part as a note under section 49b of
this title.
Short Title
The act of Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, 50 Stat. 664, which enacted this
chapter, is popularly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act''.
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of Education'' substituted in text for ``Office of
Education under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'',
pursuant to section 301(a)(1) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to
section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education, and which transferred all
functions of Office of Education to Secretary of Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security
Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by
section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. Federal Security Agency and
office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of
1953.
Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, consolidated National Youth
Administration and Office of Education, with other agencies, into
Federal Security Agency under supervision and direction of Federal
Security Administrator.
