Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 621 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 621 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 90-202, Sec. 2, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 602.)
EFFECTIVE DATE; RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 16, formerly Sec. 15, of Pub. L. 90-202, renumbered by
Pub. L. 93-259, Sec. 28(b)(1), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 74, provided
that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] shall become effective one
hundred and eighty days after enactment [Dec. 15, 1967], except (a)
that the Secretary of Labor may extend the delay in effective date
of any provision of this Act up to and additional ninety days
thereafter if he finds that such time is necessary in permitting
adjustments to the provisions hereof, and (b) that on or after the
date of enactment [Dec. 15, 1967] the Secretary of Labor is
authorized to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out its provisions."
SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(a) [title I, Sec.
119], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009-23, provided in part
that: "This section [amending section 623 of this title, enacting
provisions set out as notes under section 623 of this title, and
repealing provisions set out as a note under section 623 of this
title] may be cited as the 'Age Discrimination in Employment
Amendments of 1996'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 101-433, Sec. 1, Oct. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 978, provided
that: "This Act [amending sections 623, 626, and 630 of this title
and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and
sections 623 and 626 of this title] may be cited as the 'Older
Workers Benefit Protection Act'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 99-592, Sec. 1, Oct. 31, 1986, 100 Stat. 3342, provided
that: "This Act [amending sections 623, 630, and 631 of this title
and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 622 to 624
and 631 of this title] may be cited as the 'Age Discrimination in
Employment Amendments of 1986'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 95-256, Sec. 1, Apr. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 189, provided
that: "This Act [amending sections 623, 624, 626, 631, 633a, and
634 of this title and sections 8335 and 8339 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, repealing section 3322 of Title 5, and
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 623, 626, 631,
and 633a of this title] may be cited as the 'Age Discrimination in
Employment Act Amendments of 1978'."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-202 provided: "That this Act [enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the 'Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967'."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions vested by this section in Secretary of Labor or Civil
Service Commission transferred to Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, Sec. 2, 43 F.R. 19807, 92
Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by
section 1-101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053.
SEVERABILITY
Pub. L. 101-433, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.
984, provided that: "If any provision of this Act [see Short Title
of 1990 Amendment note above], or an amendment made by this Act, or
the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is
held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act and the amendments
made by this Act, and the application of such provision to other
persons and circumstances, shall not be affected thereby."
CONGRESSIONAL FINDING
Pub. L. 101-433, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 978,
provided that: "The Congress finds that, as a result of the
decision of the Supreme Court in Public Employees Retirement System
of Ohio v. Betts, 109 S.Ct. 256 (1989), legislative action is
necessary to restore the original congressional intent in passing
and amending the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), which was to prohibit discrimination against
older workers in all employee benefits except when age-based
reductions in employee benefit plans are justified by significant
cost considerations."