---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 655.537"
title: "20"
number: "655.537"
heading: "The fourth attestation element for locations in Alaska: Notice of filing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/655.537"
---

# §655.537. The fourth attestation element for locations in Alaska: Notice of filing.

- (a)
  - (1) The employer shall attest that at the time of filing the attestation, notice of filing has been provided to:
    - (i) Labor organizations which have been recognized as exclusive bargaining representatives of United States longshore workers within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act ([29 U.S.C. 141](/usc/29/141.md) et seq.) and which make available or intend to make available workers to the particular location where the longshore work is to be performed;
    - (ii) Contract stevedoring companies which employ or intend to employ United States longshore workers at the location where the longshore work is to be performed; and
    - (iii) Operators of private docks at which the employer will use longshore workers.
  - (2) The notices provided under [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section shall include a copy of the Form ETA 9033-A to be submitted to ETA, shall provide information concerning the availability of supporting documents for public examination at the national office of ETA, and shall include the following statement: “Complaints alleging a misrepresentation of material facts in the attestation and/or failure to comply with the terms of the attestation may be filed with any office of the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor.”
- (b) The employer shall request a copy of the Certificate of Compliance issued by the district director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs under [section 37](/cfr/20/37.md) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ([33 U.S.C. 932](/usc/33/932.md)) from the parties to whom notice is provided pursuant to [paragraphs (a)(1)](#a-1) (ii) and (iii) of this section. An employer's obligation to make a bona fide request for dispatch of U.S. longshore workers under [§ 655.534](/cfr/20/655.534.md) of this part before using alien crewmembers to perform the longshore work attested to shall commence upon receipt of the copy of the Certificate of Compliance.
- (c) **Documentation.** The employer shall develop and maintain documentation sufficient to meet its burden of proving the validity of the statement referenced in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section and attested to on the Form ETA 9033-A. Such documentation shall include a copy of the notices provided, as required by [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, and shall be submitted to ETA along with the Form ETA 9033-A.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 3956, 3976, Jan. 19, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) and (ii), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n), and (t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and 1288(c) and (d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101-238, 103 Stat. 2099, 2102 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a), Pub. L. 101-649, 104 Stat. 4978, 5027 (8 U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(i); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806). Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h). Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; and 8 CFR 214.2(h). Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806. Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C. 1288(c) and (d); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701. Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and (b)(1), 1182(n), and (t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701. Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and 1182(m); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; and 8 CFR 214.2(h).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 45899, Sept. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted.