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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 410. Application of other laws
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, and
except as otherwise provided in this title or insofar as such laws
remain in force as rules or regulations of the Postal Service, no
Federal law dealing with public or Federal contracts, property,
works, officers, employees, budgets, or funds, including the
provisions of chapters 5 and 7 of title 5, shall apply to the
exercise of the powers of the Postal Service.
(b) The following provisions shall apply to the Postal Service:
(1) section 552 (public information), section 552a (records
about individuals), section 552b (open meetings), section 3102
(employment of personal assistants for blind, deaf, or otherwise
handicapped employees), section 3110 (restrictions on employment
of relatives), section 3333 and chapters 72 (antidiscrimination;
right to petition Congress) and 73 (suitability, security, and
conduct of employees), section 5520 (withholding city income or
employment taxes), and section 5532 (!1) (dual pay) of title 5,
except that no regulation issued under such chapters or section
shall apply to the Postal Service unless expressly made
applicable;
(2) all provisions of title 18 dealing with the Postal Service,
the mails, and officers or employees of the Government of the
United States;
(3) section 107 of title 20 (known as the Randolph-Sheppard
Act, relating to vending machines operated by the blind);
(4) the following provisions of title 40:
(A) sections 3114-3116, 3118, 3131, 3133, and 3141-3147; and
(B) chapters 37 and 173;
(5) the following provisions of title 41:
(A) sections 35-45 (known as the Walsh-Healey Act, relating
to wages and hours); and
(B) chapter 6 (the Service Contract Act of 1965);
(6) sections 2000d, 2000d-1 - 2000d-4 of title 42 (title VI,
the Civil Rights Act of 1964);
(7) section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (29 U.S.C. 668);
(8) the provisions of the Act of August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C.
4151-4156);
(9) chapter 39 of title 31;
(10) the Inspector General Act of 1978; and
(11) section 5520a of title 5.
(c) Subsection (b)(1) of this section shall not require the
disclosure of -
(1) the name or address, past or present, of any postal patron;
(2) information of a commercial nature, including trade
secrets, whether or not obtained from a person outside the Postal
Service, which under good business practice would not be publicly
disclosed;
(3) information prepared for use in connection with the
negotiation of collective-bargaining agreements under chapter 12
of this title or minutes of, or notes kept during, negotiating
sessions conducted under such chapter;
(4) information prepared for use in connection with proceedings
under chapter 36 of this title;
(5) the reports and memoranda of consultants or independent
contractors except to the extent that they would be required to
be disclosed if prepared within the Postal Service; and
(6) investigatory files, whether or not considered closed,
compiled for law enforcement purposes except to the extent
available by law to a party other than the Postal Service.
(d)(1) A lease agreement by the Postal Service for rent of net
interior space in excess of 6,500 square feet in any building or
facility, or part of a building or facility, to be occupied for
purposes of the Postal Service shall include a provision that all
laborers and mechanics employed in the construction, modification,
alteration, repair, painting, decoration, or other improvement of
the building or space covered by the agreement, or improvement at
the site of such building or facility, shall be paid wages at not
less than those prevailing for similar work in the locality as
determined by the Secretary of Labor under section 3142 of title
40.
(2) The authority and functions of the Secretary of Labor with
respect to labor standards enforcement under Reorganization Plan
numbered 14 of 1950 (title 5, appendix), and regulations for
contractors and subcontractors under section 3145 of title 40,
shall apply to the work under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3) Paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be construed to
give the Secretary of Labor authority to direct the cancellation of
the lease agreement referred to in paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
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