[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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 ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  221.1  The United States Postal Service.

    The United States Postal Service was established as an independent 
establishment within the executive branch of the government of the 
United States under the Postal Reorganization Act of August 12, 1970 
(Pub. L. 91-375, 84 Stat. 719).