FAR 22.001 Definitions
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 22.001
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 86 FR 71323 Effective Jan 14, 2022
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
Administrator or "Administrator, Wage and Hour Division," as used in this part, means the— Administrator Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC 20210 or an authorized representative.
Agency labor advisor means an individual responsible for advising contracting agency officials on Federal contract labor matters.
e98 means the Department of Labor’s approved electronic application ( https://www.sam.gov ), whereby a contracting officer submits pertinent information to the Department of Labor and requests a Service Contract Labor Standards statute wage determination directly from the Wage and Hour Division.
Service contract means any Government contract, or subcontract thereunder, the principal purpose of which is to furnish services in the United States through the use of service employees, except as exempted by 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards; see 22.1003-3 and 22.1003-4). See 22.1003-5 and 29 CFR 4.130 for a partial list of services covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute.
Service employee means any person engaged in the performance of a service contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541. The term "service employee" includes all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged to exist between a contractor or subcontractor and such persons.
Wage Determinations at SAM.gov means the Government internet website for both Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute and Service Contract Labor Standards statute wage determinations available at https://www.sam.gov.
Federal Register history
Sections cited
- FAR 22.1003-3 Statutory exemptions
- FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions
- FAR 22.1003-5 Some examples of contracts covered
Terms defined
- Administrator
- Agency labor advisor
- e98
- Service contract
- Service employee
- Wage Determinations at SAM.gov
Quick answers
What is FAR 22.001?
FAR 22.001 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Definitions".
When was FAR 22.001 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Certain Online References in the FAR" (86 FR 71323), published Dec 15, 2021 and effective Jan 14, 2022.
Are changes to FAR 22.001 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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