Sections 551—563 of this title shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Public Employment Service Act”. The purpose of §§ 551—563 of this title is to establish in Puerto Rico a system of free public employment offices for workers seeking employment and for employers seeking workers and to obtain for Puerto Rico the benefits of the Act of Congress approved June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113), as amended, known as the Wagner-Peyser Act.
History —Dec. 20, 1950, No. 12, p. 356, § 1.