association for the blind, not conducted for profit, or between any such organization or institution.

b. Reproducers, or parts, Braille-writers and other appliances or parts that are the property of blind individuals, State governments or subdivisions, public libraries, or private agencies of the blind, not conducted for private profit, may be sent to a blind person or an organization, institution, public library, or association for the blind, not conducted for profit.

c. The name and address of sender must be shown in the upper left corner below which must appear: Appliance for the Blind. d. Organizations, institutions, libraries, or other agencies desiring to send and receive reproducers or other appliances or parts at this special rate must furnish the postmaster for submission to the Bureau of Post Office Operations, Mail Classification Division, satisfactory evidence that they are not conducted for private profit.

e. Parcels containing reproducers and other appliances for the blind may not exceed 70 pounds in weight.

TITLE 40-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS Public property.

§ 290. State workmen's compensation laws; extension to buildings State workmen's and works of United States.

[See 40 U.S.C. 290.]

compensation applies.

§ 291. Admission of guide dogs accompanied by blind masters. Seeing-eye dogs or other guide dogs, specially trained and educated Dogs admitted. for that purpose, accompanied by their blind masters, shall be admitted to any building or other property owned or controlled by the United States, upon the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same regulations as generally govern the admission of the public to such property: Provided, That such dogs shall not be permitted to run free or roam in or on such property, and shall be in guiding harness or on leash and under the control of their blind masters at all times while in or on such property. The head of each department or other agency of the United States may make such rules and regulations as he deems necessary in the public interest to carry out the provisions of this section in its application to any such building or other property subject to his jurisdiction.

(j) Donations to States, Territories, and possessions for educational, public health, or civil defense purposes; allocation; military property.

(1) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Administrator is authorized in his discretion to denote without cost (except for costs of care and handling) for use in any State for purposes of education, public health, or civil defense, or for research for any such purpose, any equipment, materials, books, or other supplies (including those capitalized in a working capital or similar fund) under the control of any executive agency which shall have been determined to be surplus property and which shall have been determined under paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection to be usable and necessary for any such purpose *** the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, *** shall allocate such property on the basis of needs and utilization for transfer by the Administrator to such State agency for distribution to (A) tax-supported medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health centers, school systems, schools, colleges, and universities, and (B) other nonprofit medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health centers, schools, colleges, and universities which are exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1954. No such property shall be transferred to any State agency until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has received, from such State agency, a certification that such property is usable and needed for educational or public health purposes in the State, and until the Secretary has determined that such State agency has conformed to minimum standards of operation prescribed by the Secretary for the disposal of surplus property.

(k) Disposals by Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

(1) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Administrator is authorized, in his discretion, to assign to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for disposal such surplus real property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is recommended by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as being needed for school, classroom, or other educational use, or for use in the protection of public health, including research.

TITLE 41-PUBLIC CONTRACTS

§ 35. Contracts for materials, etc., exceding $10,000; representations and stipulations.

In any contract made and entered into by any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency or instrumentality of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by any corporation all the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States (all the foregoing being hereinafter designated as agencies of the United States), for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equipment in any amount exceeding $10,000, there shall be included the following representations and stipulations: (a) That the contractor is the manufacturer of or a regular dealer in the materials, supplies, articles, or equipment to be manufactured or used in the performance of the contract;

(b) That all persons employed by the contractor in the manufacture or furnishing of the materials, supplies, articles, or equipment used in the performance of the contract will be paid, without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account, not less than the minimum wages as determined by the Secretary of Labor to be the prevailing minimum wages for persons employed on similar work or in the particular or similar industries or groups of industries currently operating in the locality in which the materials, supplies, articles, or equipment are to be manufactured or furnished under said contract.

workers.

(a) Workers whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical Use of handicapped or mental deficiency or injury may be employed either in commercial establishments or as handicapped clients of sheltered workshops at wages lower than the prevailing minimum wage applicable under section 1(b) of the Public Contracts Act upon the same terms and conditions as are prescribed for the employment of handicapped persons and of handicapped clients of sheltered workshops under section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and by the regulations of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor issued thereunder (29 CFR Parts 524, 525).

(b) Any certificate issued pursuant to such regulations, authorizing the employment of a handicapped worker under the Fair Labor Standards Act, shall constitute authorization for the employment of that worker under the Public Contracts Act in accordance with the terms of the certificate.

(c) The Administrator of the Public Contracts Division is authorized to issue certificates under the Public Contracts Act for the employment of handicapped workers not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act or subject to different minimum rates of pay under the two acts, at appropriate rates of compensation and in accordance with the standards and procedures prescribed by the applicable regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Committee on blindmade products: Summary.

Creation of committee.

Duties.

BACKGROUND

COMMITTEE ON BLIND MADE PRODUCTS

Federal legislation and constructive efforts by workers for the blind have enabled many blind persons to take their place as self-supporting individuals in competition with the seeing. There are, however, many blind persons whose productive ability is so limited that employment in special workshops or in home industries programs is called for.

It was early recognized that the capacity of the many sheltered workshops for the blind to provide employment was seriously restricted because of the limited market for their products. It was also realized that many articles bought regularly in large quantities by the Federal Government could be manufactured by workshops for the blind and sold at a fair market price. In 1938, therefore, Congress passed the Wagner-O'Day Act "to create a Committee on Purchases of Blind-Made Products, and for other purposes." The Committee is to be composed of a private citizen conversant with the problems of the employment of the blind and a representative each of the Navy Department, the War Department, the Treasury Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Interior, the members of the Committee to be appointed by the President.

The duty of the Committee is to determine the fair market price of all brooms and mops and other suitable commodities manufactured by the blind and offered for sale to the Federal Government by nonprofit agencies for the blind, to revise such prices from time to time, and to make the necessary rules and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of the act.

It further authorizes the creation of a central nonprofit agency to facilitate the distribution of orders among workshops for the blind. This agency, National Industries for the Blind, was set up with headquarters in New York as an affiliate of the American Foundation for the Blind. It functions with an advisory Committee of workshop managers, and serves not only as an allotting agency, but also gives consultation and field service to the workshops.

41 U.S. CODE

§ 46. Committee on purchases of blind-made products; creation; members.

There is created a Committee to be known as the Committee on Purchases of Blind-made Products (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") to be composed of a private citizen conversant with the problems incident to the employment of the blind and a representative of each of the following Government Departments: The Navy Department, the Department of the Army, the Treasury Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Interior. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the President, shall serve without additional compensation, and shall designate one of their number to be chairman. § 47. Same; fair market price, determination, revision; distribution of orders.

It shall be the duty of the Committee to determine the fair market price of all brooms and mops and other suitable commodities manufactured by the blind and offered for sale to the Federal Government by any non-profit-making agency for the blind organized under the laws of the United States or of any State, to revise such prices from time to time in accordance with changing market conditions, and to make such rules and regulations regarding specifications, time of