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39 U.S.C. 504: Administration

Created in 1970 by Public Law 91-375. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Postal Regulatory Commission (3), United States Postal Service (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–108, §205(a), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, such sums as may be necessary for the Postal Regulatory Commission. In requesting an appropriation under t… (Postal Service Reform Act of 2022) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 117–108, §209(d), struck out subsec. (h) which read as follows: (Postal Service Reform Act of 2022) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 117–286, which directed substitution of "chapter 4 of title 5," for "the Inspector General Act of 1978,", could not be executed because of the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 117–108, §209(d). See above. Law text · (h)

    2006

    • Pub. L. 109–435, §601(a)(3), renumbered section 3604 of this title as this section. (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act) Law text
    • Pub. L. 109–435, §604(a), substituted "Postal Regulatory Commission" for "Postal Rate Commission". (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 109–435, §603(a), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) related to preparation, submission, and approval of Commission's budget and payment of expenses incurred under approved budget. (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 109–435, §602, added subsecs. (f) and (g). (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act) Law text · (f), (g)
    • Pub. L. 109–435, §605(b), added subsec. (h). (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act) Law text · (h)

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–421 increased the authority of the Chairman to the exercise of all executive and administrative functions, including appointment of personnel and control over use and expenditure of funds, and struck out requirement that all final acts of the Commissioners be by a vote of an… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 94–421 added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c) and amended. · (b)
    • Pub. L. 94–421 redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c), transferred authority to obtain facilities and supplies from the Commission to the chairman, and struck out the authority of the Commission to appoint and fix compensation of officers and employees and requiring them to be responsi… · (c)
    • Pub. L. 94–421 redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively, and in subsec. (d), as so redesignated, made minor changes in phraseology. · (d), (e)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.