---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 654.3"
title: "20"
number: "654.3"
heading: "Description of Executive Order 12073."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/654.3"
---

# §654.3. Description of Executive Order 12073.


Executive Order 12073 requires executive agencies to emphasize procurement set-asides in labor surplus areas. The Secretary of Labor is responsible under this order for classifying and designating labor surplus areas.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 15616, Apr. 12, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 10a et seq; 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq; 15 U.S.C. 644(n); E.O. 12073; 10582, as amended by E.O. 11051 and 12148.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 49k; 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(4); 41 Op.A.G. 406 (1959).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 15616, Apr. 12, 1983]