29 CFR § 1601.3 - Other definitions.

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title: "29 CFR § 1601.3 - Other definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1601.3"
section_name: "Other definitions."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
part_number: "1601"
part_name: "PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e-17; 42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 2000ff-11; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 1373."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1601.3 Other definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this part, the term *title VII* shall mean title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the term *ADA* shall mean the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the term *GINA* shall mean the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; the term *PWFA* shall mean the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; the terms *EEOC* or *Commission* shall mean the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any of its designated representatives; the term *Washington Field Office* shall mean the Commission's primary non-Headquarters office serving the District of Columbia and Virginia suburban counties and jurisdictions; the term *FEP agency* shall mean a State or local agency which the Commission has determined satisfies the criteria stated in section 706(c) of title VII; and the term *verified* shall mean sworn to or affirmed before a notary public, designated representative of the Commission, or other person duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, or supported by an unsworn declaration in writing under penalty of perjury.

(b) For the purposes of this part, the terms *file, serve, submit, receive, transmit, present, send, issue,* and *notify* shall include all forms of digital transmission.

(c) The delegations of authority in subpart B of this part are applicable to charges filed pursuant to either section 706 or section 707 of title VII.

[42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, as amended at 56 FR 9624, Mar. 7, 1991; 71 FR 26827, May 9, 2006; 74 FR 63982, Dec. 7, 2009; 85 FR 65217, Oct. 15, 2020; 89 FR 11169, Feb. 14, 2024]