[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
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

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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).