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PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970

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P u b l i c Law 91-375 AN ACT August 12, 1970 Tf) improve and modernize the postal servk-e, to reorganize the Post Office [H. R. 17070] Deiwirtment, and for other purposes. Be it enacteA by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That t h i s Act may be cited as the " P o s t a l K e organization Act.

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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

SEC. '2. Title 39, United States Code, is revised and reenacted, and the sections thereof may be cited as "39 U.S.C. § ", as f o l l o w s:

"TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE '•Part

See.

'M. GENBiRAL "II. PERSONNEL •III. MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION •IV. MAIL MATTER •v. TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL

101 1001 2001 3001 5001

"PART I—GENERAL "CHAPTER

Sec.

"1. "2. "4. "H.

101 201 401 601

POSTAL' POLICY AND DEFINITIONS ORGANIZATION GENERAL AUTHORITY PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS

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"Chapter 1.—POSTAL POLICY A N D

DEFINITIONS

"Sec.

"101. Postal policy. "102. Definitions. "§101. Postal policy " ' (a) The United States P o s t a l Service shall be o p e r a t e d as a basic and f u n d a m e n t a l service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, a u t h o r i z e d by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and s u p p o r t e d by the people. The P o s t a l Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to p r o v i d e postal services to b i n d the N a t i o n to g e the r through the personal, educational, l i t e r a r y, and business correspondence of the people. I t shall p r o v i d e p r o m p t, reliable, and efficient services to p a t r o n s in all areas and shall r e n d e r l)ostal services to all communities. The costs of establishing and m a i n t a i n i n g the P o s t a l Service shall not be a p p o r t i o n e d to i m p a i r the overall value of such service to the people. " (b) The P o s t a l Service shall p r o v i d e a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to r u r a l areas, communities, and small to w n s w h e r e post offices a r e not self-sustaining. N o small post office shall be closed solely for operating at a deficit, it b e i n g the specific intent of the Congress that effective postal services be i n s u r e d to l e s i d e n t s of b o t h urban and r u r a l communities. " (c) A s an employer, the P o s t a l Service shall achieve and m a i n t a i n compensation for its officers and employees c o m p a r a b l e to the r a t e s and t y p e s of compensation p a i d in the p r i v a t e sector of the economy of the United States. I t shall place part i c u l a r e m p has i s upon o p p o r t u n i t i e s for career a d v a n c e m e n t s of all officers and employees and the achievement of w o r t h w h i l e and satisfying careers in the service of the United States. " (d) P o s t a l r a t e s shall be established to a p p o r t i o n the costs of all postal operations to all users of the mail on a fair and equitable basis.

74 Stat. 573.

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