An Act to provide for the settlement of claims against the District of Columbia by officers and employees of the District of Columbia for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service, and for other purposes
PL 90-561 (H.R.8140), enacted 10/12/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-561-OCT. 12, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
tions in. private industry to establish such wage schedules, the agency 
or agencies making the survey shall establish rates for such positions in 
accordance with rates paid for positions in private industry in the 
nearest wage area which is determined by the agency or agencies 
involved to be most similar in the nature of its population, employ-
ment, manpower, and industry to the wage area for which the survey is 
being made. The Civil Service Commission shall prescribe regulations 
necessary for the administration of this subsection.". 
62 Stat. 815. 
SEC. 5. (a) Chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, Is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 3061. Powers of postal inspectors 
" (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, postal inspectors may, 
to the extent authorized by the Postmaster General— 
" (1) serve warrants and subpenas issued under the authority of 
the United States; 
"(2) make arrests without warrant for offenses against the 
United States committed in their presence; and 
"(3) make arrests without warrant for felonies cognizable 
under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable 
grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or 
is committing such a felony. 
"(b) The powers granted by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
exercised only in the enforcement of laws regarding property of the 
United States in the custody of the postal service, the use of the mails, 
and other postal offenses.". 
(b) The table of sections of chapter 203 of title 18, United States 
Code, immediately preceding section 3041 of such chapter, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
•'3061. Powers of postal insixectors.". 
Approved October 12, 1968. 
Public Law 90-561 
October 12, 1968 
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[H. R. 8140] 
rp^ provide for the settlement of claims against the District of Columbia by 
officers and employees of the District of Columbia for damage to, or loss of, 
personal property incident to their service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Dx. employees. Jjnlted Stotes of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 of 
prop- 
^j^^ Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, 
as amended (78 Stat. 767; 31 U.S.C. 240-242, as amended) is amended 
by the addition of the following subsection: 
"(f) The provisions of this Act apply in respect to the damage to, 
or loss of, personal property incident to service of any officer or em-
ployee of the government of the District of Columbia, irrespective of 
whether the damage or loss occurs within or outside the District of 
Columbia, except that in applying such provisions in connection with 
the damage or loss of personal property of an oflScer or employee of 
the government of the District of Columbia, the terms 'agency' and 
'ITnited States' shall be held to mean the government of the District 
of Columbia, and the term 'head of agency' shall be held to mean the 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia." 
Approved October 12, 1968. 
;rty claims. 
79 Stat. 789.