28 CFR § 4.1 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s4.1"
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title: "28 CFR § 4.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "4.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "PROCEDURE GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959, AND THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 504, 606, 73 Stat. 536, 540 (29 U.S.C. 504, 526); and secs. 411, 507a, 88 Stat. 887, 894 (29 U.S.C. 1111, 1137)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 6890, Feb. 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 4.1 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *Labor Act* means the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 519).
(b) *Pension Act* means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-406) (88 Stat. 829).
(c) *Acts* means both of the above statutes.
(d) *Commission* means the United States Parole Commission.
(e) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor or his designee.
(f) For proceedings under the “Labor Act”
(1) *Employer* means the labor organization, or person engaged in an industry or activity affecting commerce, or group or association of employers dealing with any labor organization, which an applicant under § 4.2 desires to serve in a capacity for which he is ineligible under section 504(a) of the “Labor Act”.
(2) All other terms used in this part shall have the same meaning as identical or comparable terms when those terms are used in the “Labor Act”.
(g) For proceedings under the “Pension Act”
(1) *Employer* means the employee benefit plan with which an applicant under § 4.2 desires to serve in a capacity for which he is ineligible under section 411(a) of the “Pension Act” (29 U.S.C. section 1111).
(2) All other terms used in this part shall have the same meaning as identical or comparable terms when those terms are used in the “Pension Act”.