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 722 Membership.

Compensation,

80 Stat. 4 6 3; 83 Stat. 864,

PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970

[84 STAT.

"§ 206. Advisory Council " (a) There shall be a Postal Service Advisory Council of which the Postmaster General shall be the Chairman and the Deputy Postmaster General shall be the Vice Chairman. The Advisory Council shall have 11 additional members appointed by the President. He shall appoint as such members (1) 4 persons from among persons nominated by those labor organizations recognized as collective-bargaining representatives for employees of the Postal Service in one or more collective-bargaining units, (2) 4 persons as representatives of major mail users, and (3) 3 persons as representatives of the public at large. All members shall be appointed for terms of 2 years except that, of those first appointed, 2 of the members representative of labor organizations, 2 of the members representative of major postal users, and 1 member representing the public at large shall be appointed for 1 year. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall serve for the remainder of such term. " (b) The Postal Service shall consult with and receive the advice of the Advisory Council regarding all aspects of postal operations. "(c) The members of the Council representative of the public at large shall receive for each meeting of the Council an amount equal to me daily rate applicable to level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5. All members of the Council shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Council. "§207. Seal "The seal of the Postal Service shall be filed by the Board in the Office of the Secretary of State, judicially noticed, affixed to all commissions of officers of the Postal Service, and used to authenticate records of the Postal Service. "§ 208. Reservation of powers "Congress reserves the power to alter, amend, or repeal any or all of the sections of this title, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall impair the obligation of any contract made by the Postal Service under any power conferred by this title. "Chapter 4.—GENERAL AUTHORITY "Sec.

"401. "402. "403. "404. "405. "406. "407. "408. "409. "410. "411. "412.

General powers of the Postal Service. Delegation of authority. General duties. Specific powers. Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps. Postal services at Armed Forces installations. International postal arrangements. International money-order exchanges. Suits by and against the Postal Service. Application of other laws. Ck>operation with other Government agencies. Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses.

"§ 401. General powers of the Postal Service "The Postal Service shall have the following general powers: " (1) to sue and be sued in its official name; "(2) to adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and reg^ulations as it deems necessary to accomplish the objectives of this title; "(3) to enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and determine the character of, and necessity for, its expenditures; "(4) to determine and keep its own system of accounts and the forms and contents of its contracts and other business documents, except as otherwise provided in this title;

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