---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 500.142"
title: "29"
number: "500.142"
heading: "Representation of the Secretary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/500.142"
---

# §500.142. Representation of the Secretary.

- (a) Except as provided in [section 518(a)](/usc/28/518.md?p=a) of title 28, U.S. Code, relating to litigation before the Supreme Court, the Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent the Secretary in any civil litigation brought under the Act; but all such litigation shall be subject to the direction and control of the Attorney General.
- (b) The Solicitor of Labor, through the authorized representatives identified in [§ 500.231](/cfr/29/500.231.md), shall represent the Secretary in all administrative hearings under the Act and these regulations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted.