2012 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - GENERAL (§§ 101 - 606)
Chapter 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY (§§ 401 - 416)
Section 406 - Postal services at Armed Forces installations
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART I - GENERAL CHAPTER 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY Sec. 406 - Postal services at Armed Forces installations |
Contains | section 406 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 724. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 724 |
Public Law References | Public Law 91-375 |
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(a) The Postal Service may establish branch post offices at camps, posts, bases, or stations of the Armed Forces and at defense or other strategic installations.
(b) The Secretaries of Defense and Transportation shall make arrangements with the Postal Service to perform postal services through personnel designated by them at or through branch post offices established under subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 724.)
Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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