20 CFR § 604.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s604.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 604.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "604.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "604"
part_name: "REGULATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(2) and (5); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and (4); 26 U.S.C. 3306(h); 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d); Secretary's Order No. 4-75 (40 FR 18515); and Secretary's Order No. 14-75 (November 12, 1975)."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 1893, Jan. 16, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "604"
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# 604.2 Definitions.
(a) *Department* means the United States Department of Labor.
(b) *FUTA* means the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3301 *et seq.*
(c) *Social Security Act* means the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 501 *et seq.*
(d) *State* means a State of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
(e) *State UC agency* means the agency of the State charged with the administration of the State's UC law.
(f) *State UC law* means the law of a State approved under Section 3304(a), FUTA (26 U.S.C. 3304(a)).
(g) *Unemployment Compensation (UC)* means cash benefits payable to individuals with respect to their unemployment.
(h) *Week of unemployment* means a week of total, part-total or partial unemployment as defined in the State's UC law.