of the Service Contract Act to include any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Outer Continental Shelf Lands, as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, American Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, Eniwetok Atoll Kwajalein Atoll, and Johnston Island. It does not include any ‘ other territory under the jurisdiction of the United States United States base or possession within a foreign country. is. or any Special Employees. Notwithstanding any of the provisions in para- graphs 2 through 12 of this Article, relating to the Service Con- tract Act of 1965, the following employees may be employed in accordance with the following variations, tolerances, and exemptions, which the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act prior to its amendment by Public Law 92-473, found to be necessary and proper in the public interest or to avoid serious impairment of the conduct of Government business: . (a) (1) Apprentices, student-learmers, and workers whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury may be employed at wages lower than the minimum wages otherwise- required by Section 2(a)(1) or 2(b)(1) of the Service Contract Act of 1965, without diminishing any fringe benefits or cash payments in lieu thereof required under Section 2(a) (2) of that Act, in accordance with the procedures prescribed for the employment of apprentices, student-learners, handi-~ capped persons, and handicapped clients. of sheltered workshops under Section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, in the regulations {ssued by the Administrator. (2) The Administrator will issue certificates under the Service Contract Act of 1965 For the employment of apprentices, student-leamers, handicapped persons, or handicapped clients of sheltered workshops not subject to the Pair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the or subject to different minimum rates of pay under two acts, authorizing appropriate rates of minimum wages (but without changing requirements concerning fringe benefits or supplementary cash payments in lieu thereof), applying procedures prescribed by the applicable regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 CYR Parts 520, 521, 524, and 525). (3) The Administrator will also withdraw, annul, or cancel such certificates in accordance with the regulations in Parts 525 and 528 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (b) An employee engaged in an occupation itn which he customarily and regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips may have the amount of his tips credited by his employer against the minimum wage required by Section 2(a)(1) or Section 2(b)(1) of the Act, in accordance with the regulations in 29 CER Part 531: PROVIDED, however, that the amount of such credit may not exceed $1 per hour effective May 1, 1974, $1.05 per hour effective January 1, 1975, and $1.15 per hour after December 31, 1975. 25 as 5008b 1b ~