---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 654.6"
title: "20"
number: "654.6"
heading: "Termination of classification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/654.6"
---

# §654.6. Termination of classification.

- (a) **Basic procedure.** The Assistant Secretary shall terminate the classification of a civil jurisdiction as a labor surplus area after any year in which the Assistant Secretary determines that the criteria established under [§ 654.5 (a)](/cfr/20/654.5.md?p=a) are no longer met.
- (b) **Procedure for exceptional circumstances.** The Assistant Secretary shall terminate the classification of a civil jurisdiction classified as a labor surplus area pursuant to the provisions of [§ 654.5(b)](/cfr/20/654.5.md?p=b) after any year in which the Assistant Secretary determines that the exceptional circumstances criteria of that paragraph are no longer met.

## 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]