[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR221.1]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 221--GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 221.1  The U.S. Postal Service.

    (a) The U.S. Postal Service has been established as an independent 
establishment within the executive branch of the Government of the 
United States under the provisions of the Postal Reorganization Act of 
August 12, 1970, Pub. L. 91-375, 84 Stat. 719.
    (b) As a complement to the information in the regulations in this 
part, a concise statement of the organization of the Postal Service can 
be found in the United State Government Organization Manual.

[38 FR 20403, July 31, 1973]