To continue the work for the construction industry code authority in regard to apprenticeship programs, United States Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins established the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship.
The Act was later amended to permit the United States Department of Labor to issue regulations protecting the health, safety and general welfare of apprentices, and to encourage the use of contracts in the hiring and employment of them.
The Fitzgerald Act is administered by the Employment and Training Administration in the Department of Labor.
The standards governing apprenticeship programs are located in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations at Title 29, CFR Part 29.
Regulations banning racial, ethnic, religious, age and gender discrimination in apprenticeship programs are located at Title 29, CFR Part 30.