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29 CFR § 1992.101 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1992.101"
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title: "29 CFR § 1992.101 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1992.101"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1992"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT (AMLA)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 5323(a)(5), (g), and (j); Secretary of Labor's Order 08-2020, 85 FR 58393; Secretary of Labor's Order 01-2020, 85 FR 13024-01."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 3030, Jan. 14, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1992.101 Definitions.

As used in this part:

*AMLA* means the provisions relating to anti-retaliation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 contained in Sec. 6314 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116-283, 134 Stat. 3388 (January 1, 2021), as amended, codified at 31 U.S.C. 5323(g)(1)-(3) and (6).

*Assistant Secretary* means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health or the person or persons to whom the Assistant Secretary delegates authority under AMLA.

*Business days* means days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.

*Complainant* means the whistleblower who filed an AMLA complaint or on whose behalf a complaint was filed.

*FinCEN* means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury.

*OSHA* means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.

*Respondent* means the person named in the complaint who is alleged to have violated AMLA.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor or the person or persons to whom the Secretary delegates authority under certain anti-retaliation provisions of AMLA, 31 U.S.C. 5323(g)(1)-(3).

*Whistleblower* means any individual, or two or more individuals acting jointly, who take any of the actions described in § 1992.102(b). A whistleblower includes an individual presently or formerly working for an employer, an individual applying to work for an employer, or an individual whose employment could be affected by an employer.