Public Law 91-375

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United States federal statute postal reform law

Public Law 91-375 is the 1970 U.S. federal statute that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ postal reform law ⓘ
abolished	cabinet-level Post Office Department ⓘ
aimedTo	improve postal service efficiency ⓘ modernize the United States postal system ⓘ reduce political patronage in postal operations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ surface form: Postal Reorganization Act
appliesTo	United States Postal Service ⓘ postal employees of the United States government ⓘ
changedOfficeOf	Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ surface form: Postmaster General from cabinet officer to head of USPS
changedStatusOf	United States Postal Service ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 39 of the United States Code ⓘ
congressNumber	91st United States Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	United States Postal Service ⓘ
dateSigned	1970-08-12 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1971-07-01 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
established	Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ surface form: Office of the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service Postal Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Postal Rate Commission
historicalContext	enacted after the 1970 U.S. postal workers strike ⓘ
impact	significantly altered governance of the U.S. postal system ⓘ transitioned postal operations from a cabinet department to a government-owned corporation-like entity ⓘ
jurisdiction	nationwide postal services in the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	Act of Congress ⓘ
legislativeType	public law ⓘ
mandated	postal rates to be set with regard to costs and fairness ⓘ self-supporting financing for the United States Postal Service ⓘ
precededBy	Post Office Department reorganization proposals of the 1960s ⓘ
primaryEffect	transformed the Post Office Department into the United States Postal Service ⓘ
providedFor	Postal Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Postal Rate Commission collective bargaining rights for postal employees ⓘ labor-management relations framework for postal workers ⓘ
publicLawNumber	91-375 ⓘ
reorganized	Post Office Department ⓘ
resultedIn	United States Postal Service becoming an independent establishment of the executive branch ⓘ
shortName	Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
signedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingPresident	Richard Nixon ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	84 Stat. 719 ⓘ
subject	federal government reorganization ⓘ postal service reorganization ⓘ
title	Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ surface form: An Act to improve and modernize the postal service, to reorganize the Post Office Department, and for other purposes
topic	postal law ⓘ public administration reform ⓘ
yearEnacted	1970 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 91-375 ⓘ

PRA → publicLawNumber → Public Law 91-375 ⓘ

subject surface form: Postal Reorganization Act of 1970