29 CFR § 553.1 - Definitions.

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title: "29 CFR § 553.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "553.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "553"
part_name: "APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"
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authority: "Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended (29 U.S.C. 201-219); Pub. L. 99-150, 99 Stat. 787 (29 U.S.C. 203, 207, 211). Pub. L. 106-151, 113 Stat. 1731 (29 U.S.C. 203(y))."
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# 553.1 Definitions.

(a) *Act* or *FLSA* means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219).

(b) *1985 Amendments* means the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 (Pub. L. 99-150).

(c) *Public agency* means a State, a political subdivision of a State or an interstate governmental agency.

(d) *State* means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other Territory or possession of the United States (29 U.S.C. 203(c) and 213(f)).