The department of labor and training is authorized to enter into agreements with the wage and hour and public contracts divisions and/or the bureau of labor standards of the United States department of labor for assistance and cooperation, and is authorized, from time to time, to amend the agreements; provided, that any agreement or amendment of it shall be subject to the regulations of the administrator of the wage and hour and public contracts divisions and/or the director of the bureau of labor standards of the United States Department of Labor and shall be subject to the approval of the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-16-2