incur new obligations. 110. (a) The Act entitled An Act to create a Department of Labor , approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text is part of such Act: (a) In general The Secretary of Labor is authorized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents to— (1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official duties by the Secretary