2017 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - General
Chapter 4 - General Authority
Sec. 406 - Postal services at Armed Forces installations

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Citation 39 U.S.C. § 406 (2017)
Section Name ยง406. Postal services at Armed Forces installations
Section Text

(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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 91โ€“375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 724.)

Editorial Notes EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71โ€“9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91โ€“375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 84 Stat. 724
Public Law References Public Law 91-375
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