[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR4.102]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 4_LABOR STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C_Application of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act
 
Sec. 4.102  Administration of the Act.

    As provided by section 4 of the Act and under provisions of sections 
4 and 5 of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (49 Stat. 2036, 41 
U.S.C. 38, 39), which are made expressly applicable for the purpose, the 
Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to administer and enforce 
the provisions of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, to make 
rules and regulations, issue orders, make decisions, and take other 
appropriate action under the Act. The Secretary is also authorized to 
make reasonable limitations and to make rules and regulations allowing 
reasonable variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from provisions 
of the Act (except section 10), but only in special circumstances where 
it is determined that such action is necessary and proper in the public 
interest or to avoid serious impairment of the conduct of Government 
business and is in accord with the remedial purposes of the Act to 
protect prevailing labor standards. The authority and enforcement powers 
of the Secretary under the Act are coextensive with the authority and 
powers under the Walsh-Healey Act. Curtiss Wright Corp. v. McLucas 364 
F. Supp. 750, 769 (D NJ 1973).