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kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 1001.161"
title: "20"
number: "1001.161"
heading: "What definitions apply to this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/1001.161"
---

# §1001.161. What definitions apply to this part?


Department means the United States Department of Labor, including its agencies and organizational units and their representatives.

Eligible person, as defined at [38 U.S.C. 4101(5)](/usc/38/4101.md?p=5), means:

- (1) The spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability;
- (2) The spouse of any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, at the time of application for assistance under this chapter, is listed, pursuant to [37 U.S.C. 556](/usc/37/556.md) and regulations issued thereunder by the Secretary concerned, in one or more of the following categories and has been so listed for a total of more than ninety days:
  - (i) Missing in action,
  - (ii) Captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or
  - (iii) Forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power; or
- (3) The spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability or the spouse of a veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.

  Employment service delivery system, as defined at [38 U.S.C. 4101(7)](/usc/38/4101.md?p=7), means a service delivery system at which or through which labor exchange services, including employment, training, and placement services, are offered in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act.

  Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) means Public Law 107-288, 116 Stat. 2033 (2002), codified at 38 U.S.C. chapters 41 and 42.

  Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) means an award of Federal financial assistance by the Department to a State for the purposes of the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program or the Local Veterans' Employment Representative Program.

  Program year is the period from July 1 of a year through June 30 of the following year and is numbered according to the calendar year in which it begins.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 15290, Mar. 11, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 49k; 38 U.S.C. chapters 41 and 42.