[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: 39CFR222.1]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222_DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  222.1  Authority to administer postal affairs.

    (a) The Postmaster General. The postmaster general has been 
authorized by the Board of Governors to exercise the powers of the 
Postal Service to the full extent that such exercise is lawful. The 
postmaster general is empowered to authorize any employee or agent of 
the Service to exercise any function vested in the Postal Service, in 
the postmaster general, or in any other Postal Service employee.
    (b) Corporate officers. Corporate officers are authorized to 
exercise the powers and functions of the Postal Service under the Postal 
Reorganization Act with respect to matters within their areas of 
responsibility, except as limited by law or by the specific terms of 
their assignment.
    (c) General counsel. The general counsel is authorized to settle 
federal tort claims under section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 
up to $100,000.