20 CFR § 654.3 - Description of Executive Order 12073.

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title: "20 CFR § 654.3 - Description of Executive Order 12073."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "654.3"
section_name: "Description of Executive Order 12073."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "654"
part_name: "SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 49k; 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(4); 41 Op.A.G. 406 (1959)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 654.3 Description of Executive Order 12073.

Executive Order 12073 requires executive agencies to emphasize procurement set-asides in labor surplus areas. The Secretary of Labor is responsible under this order for classifying and designating labor surplus areas.

[44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 15616, Apr. 12, 1983]