---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 654.4"
title: "20"
number: "654.4"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/654.4"
---

# §654.4. Definitions.

- (a) Assistant Secretary shall mean Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor.
- (b) Civil jurisdiction shall mean:
  - (1) Cities of 25,000 or more population on the basis of the most recently available Bureau of the Census estimates; or
  - (2) Towns and townships in the States of New Jersey, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more population and which possess powers and functions similar to cities; or
  - (3) All counties, except those counties which contain any of the types of political jurisdictions defined in [paragraphs (b)](#b) (1) and (2) of this section; or
  - (4) All other counties are defined as “balance of county” (i.e., total county less component cities and townships identified in [paragraphs (b)](#b) (1) and (2) of this section); or
  - (5) **County equivalents which are towns in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.**
- (c) Labor surplus area shall mean a civil jurisdiction that, in accordance with the criteria specified in [§ 654.5](/cfr/20/654.5.md), has been classified as a labor surplus area.
- (d) Reference period shall mean the two year period ending December 31 of the year prior to the October 1 annual date of eligibility determination.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 26071, May 5, 1979; 48 FR 15616, Apr. 12, 1983; 53 FR 23347, June 21, 1988]

### 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 44 FR 26071, May 5, 1979; 48 FR 15616, Apr. 12, 1983; 53 FR 23347, June 21, 1988]