CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (parts 500 to 871) > SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS (parts 500 to 697) > PART 553—APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS > SUBPART A—General (§553.1 to §553.51) > 553.1—Definitions.

553.1—Definitions.

(a) Act or FLSA means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219 ).
(b) 1985 Amendments means the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 (Pub. L. 99-150).
(c) Public agency means a State, a political subdivision of a State or an interstate governmental agency.
(d) State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other Territory or possession of the United States (29 U.S.C. 203(c) and 213(f) ).