Postal Reorganization Act of 1970

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United States federal statute postal law

The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.

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Postal Reorganization Act 3
An Act to improve and modernize the postal service, to reorganize the Post Office Department, and for other purposes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
postal law ⓘ
appliesTo domestic mail service ⓘ
international mail service handled by USPS ⓘ
branchAffected executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
changedStatusOfEmployees from federal civil service employees to postal service employees ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 39 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created United States Postal Service ⓘ
effectiveDate 1971-07-01 ⓘ
enactedBy 91st United States Congress ⓘ
establishedBody Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
Postal Regulatory Commission ⓘ
surface form: Postal Rate Commission
establishedPrinciple postal service to be operated as a basic and fundamental service to the people ⓘ
universal service obligation for USPS ⓘ
grantedPower authority to enter into contracts ⓘ
authority to set postal rates within statutory guidelines ⓘ
authority to sue and be sued ⓘ
hasAbbreviation PRA ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWork English ⓘ
laterNameOfBody Postal Regulatory Commission ⓘ
legalStatus in force (as amended) ⓘ
limitedRight right to strike for postal employees ⓘ
locatedInLegalSystem United States statutory law ⓘ
longTitle An Act to improve and modernize the postal service ⓘ
madeAgencyStatus independent establishment of the executive branch ⓘ
motivatedByEvent 1970 United States postal strike ⓘ
policyGoal to improve efficiency of mail delivery ⓘ
to make the postal service self-supporting from postal revenues ⓘ
to modernize the national postal system ⓘ
predecessorEntity Post Office Department ⓘ
surface form: United States Post Office Department
publicLawNumber Public Law 91-375 ⓘ
recognizedRight collective bargaining for postal employees ⓘ
regulates postal services provided by the United States Postal Service ⓘ
reorganized Post Office Department ⓘ
repealedOrSuperseded many provisions of earlier postal statutes ⓘ
shortTitle Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Postal Reorganization Act
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingDate 1970-08-12 ⓘ
subjectMatter labor relations in the postal service ⓘ
postal rates and classes ⓘ
postal service governance ⓘ
postal service organization ⓘ
successorEntity United States Postal Service ⓘ
transformedEntity Post Office Department ⓘ
surface form: Post Office Department into the United States Postal Service
typeOfReform administrative reorganization ⓘ
labor relations reform ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1970 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PRA → alsoKnownAs → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
subject surface form: Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
this entity surface form: Postal Reorganization Act
Public Law 91-375 → alsoKnownAs → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postal Reorganization Act
Postmaster General of the United States → appointedUnder → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
United States Postal Service → governingLaw → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service → legalBasis → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → legalBasis → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
Public Law 91-375 → shortName → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → shortTitle → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postal Reorganization Act
1970 United States postal strike → significantEvent → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
PRA → standsFor → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
Public Law 91-375 → title → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Act to improve and modernize the postal service, to reorganize the Post Office Department, and for other purposes