---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 604.2"
title: "20"
number: "604.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/604.2"
---

# §604.2. Definitions.

- (a) Department means the United States Department of Labor.
- (b) FUTA means the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, [26 U.S.C. 3301](/usc/26/3301.md) et seq.
- (c) Social Security Act means the Social Security Act, [42 U.S.C. 501](/usc/42/501.md) et seq.
- (d) State means a State of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
- (e) State UC agency means the agency of the State charged with the administration of the State's UC law.
- (f) State UC law means the law of a State approved under [Section 3304(a)](/cfr/20/3304.md?p=a), FUTA ([26 U.S.C. 3304(a)](/usc/26/3304.md?p=a)).
- (g) Unemployment Compensation (UC) means cash benefits payable to individuals with respect to their unemployment.
- (h) Week of unemployment means a week of total, part-total or partial unemployment as defined in the State's UC law.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(2) and (5); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and (4); 26 U.S.C. 3306(h); 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d); Secretary's Order No. 4-75 (40 FR 18515); and Secretary's Order No. 14-75 (November 12, 1975).

### Source

Source: 72 FR 1893, Jan. 16, 2007, unless otherwise noted.