Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73
§3706 Limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART A— - GENERAL › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS › § 3706
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The Secretary of Labor may allow exceptions to this chapter to protect public interest, prevent hardship, or avoid serious federal harm.
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Title 40, §3706
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The Secretary of Labor may provide reasonable limitations to, and may prescribe regulations allowing reasonable variations to, tolerances from, and exemptions from, this chapter that the Secretary may find necessary and proper in the public interest to prevent injustice or undue hardship or to avoid serious impairment of the conduct of Federal Government business.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 370640:331.Pub. L. 87–581, title I, § 105, Aug. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 359.
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40 U.S.C. § 3706
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73