An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to regulate the mailing of master keys for motor vehicle ignition switches, and for other purposes
PL 90-560 (H.R.14935), enacted 10/12/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-560-OCT. 12, 1968 
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Public Law 90-560 
AN ACT 
To amend, title 39, United States Code, to regulate the mailing of master keys for. 
motor vehicle ignition switches, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That (a) chapter 51 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
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§ 4010. Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys 
" (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any motor 
vehicle master key, any pattern, impression, or mold from which a 
motor vehicle master key may be made, and any advertisement for the 
sale of any such key, pattern, impression, or mold, is nonmailable mat-
ter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of 
as the Postmaster General directs. 
" (b) The Postmaster General is authorized to make such exemptions 
from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section as he deems 
necessary. 
"(c) For the purposes of this section, 'motor vehicle master key' 
means any key (other than the key furnished by the manufacturer with 
the motor vehicle, or the key furnished with a replacement lock, or an 
exact duplicate of such keys) designed to operate two or more motor 
vehicle ignition, door, or trunk locks of different combinations.". 
(b) The table of sections of chapter 51 of title 39, United States 
Code, immediately preceding section 4001 of such chapter, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"4010. Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys.". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 83 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting immediately after section 1716 the following 
new section: 
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§ 1716A. Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys 
"Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly 
causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at 
any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom 
it IS addressed, any matter declared to be nonmailable by section 4010 
of title 39, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both."; and 
(2) by inserting immediately above item 1717 in the table of 
sections of such chapter immediately preceding section 1691 of 
such chapter, the following new item: 
"1716A. Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys.". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by the first section and section 2 of 
this Act shall become effective on the sixtieth day after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. Section 5341 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) When a wage survey is made for the purpose of establishing 
wage schedules for employees to whom tliis section applies, the agency 
or agencies making the survey shall determine whether there exists in 
the wage survey area a sufficient number of comparable positions in 
private industry to establish wage schedules for the principal types of 
Federal positions for which the survey is made. The determination 
shall be m writing and shall take into consideration all relevant evi-
dence, including evidence submitted by employee organizations rec-
ognized as representative of employees in the area. WTien it is 
determined that there is an insufficient number of comparable posi-
October 12, 1968 
[H.R. 14935] 
Motor ve h i d e 
master keys. 
Mailing, regula-
tion. 
74 Stat. 654. 
81 Stat. 645. 
Exemptions. 
Definition. 
62 Stat. 776. 
Penalty. 
Effective date. 
Wage board em-
ployees. 
80 Stat. 471. 
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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.