[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR16.104]



[Page 178-179]

 

                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

PART 16_EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  16.104  Proceedings covered.



    (a) The Act applies in adversary adjudications in which the position 

of the Department or another agency of the United States is presented by 

an attorney or other representative who enters an appearance and 

participates in the proceeding in an adversarial capacity. Any 

proceeding which prescribes a lawful present or future rate or is 

primarily rule-making is not covered. Proceedings to grant or renew 

licenses are also excluded, but proceedings to modify, suspend or revoke 

licenses are covered if they are otherwise adversary adjudications. The 

following types of proceedings are deemed to be adversarial 

adjudications which will be covered by the Act, when all other 

conditions in the Act and in these rules are met:

    (1) Hearings conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Review 

Commission under the authority of 29 U.S.C. 661 of the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act; and hearings conducted by the Federal Mine Safety 

and Health Review Commission under the authority of 30 U.S.C. 823 of the 

Mine Safety and Health Act. In these proceedings, the rules of the 

respective Commissions rather than the instant rules will be applicable.

    (2) Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration:

    (i) Civil money penalties under the child labor provisions of the 

Fair Labor Standards Act at 29 U.S.C. 216(e) and 29 CFR part 579.

    (ii) Violations and debarment in Federal contracts under the Walsh-

Healey Act at 41 U.S.C. 39 and 41 CFR 50-203.1.

    (iii) Revocation, modification and suspension of licenses under the 

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act at 7 U.S.C. 2045(b) and 29 CFR 

40.101.

    (iv) Civil money penalties under the Farm Labor Contractor 

Registration Act at 7 U.S.C. 2048(b)(2) and 29 CFR 40.101.

    (v) Revocation and suspension of certificates under the Migrant and 

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act at 29 U.S.C. 1813(b) and 29 

CFR 500.200.



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    (vi) Civil money penalties under the Migrant and Seasonal 

Agricultural Worker Protection Act at 29 U.S.C. 1853(b) and 29 CFR 

500.200.

    (3) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Employment 

Standards Administration hearings prior to the denial, withholding, 

termination or suspension of a government contract or any portion of a 

contract under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, at 

42 U.S.C. 2000e-17 and 41 CFR part 60-30.

    (4) Office of Civil Rights:

    (i) Fund termination under title VI of the Civil Rights Act at 42 

U.S.C. 2000d2 and 29 CFR part 31.

    (ii) Fund termination under the Age Discrimination in Federally 

Assisted Programs Act of 1975 at 42 U.S.C. 6104(a).

    (iii) Fund termination or refusal to grant because of discrimination 

under 20 U.S.C. 1682.

    (5) Employment and Training Administration:

    (i) Proceedings under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act 

at 29 U.S.C. 818, where the Department determines that a recipient of 

CETA funds is failing to comply with the requirements of the Act and the 

implementing regulations.

    (ii) Conformity and compliance under the Federal Unemployment Tax 

Act at 26 U.S.C. 3303(b) and 3304(c).

    (iii) Proceedings under section 303(b) of the Social Security Act of 

1935, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 503(b).

    (6) Mine Safety and Health Administration:

    (i) Petitions for modification of a mandatory safety standard under 

the Mine Safety and Health Act at 30 U.S.C. 811(c) and 30 CFR 44.20.

    (7) Occupational Safety and Health Administration:

    (i) Exemptions, tolerances and variances under the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act at 29 U.S.C. 655 and 29 CFR 1905.3.

    (b) If a proceeding includes both matters covered by the Act and 

matters specifically excluded from coverage, any award made will include 

only fees and expenses related to the covered issues.



[46 FR 63021, Dec. 29, 1981, as amended at 48 FR 43322, Sept. 23, 1983]