[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR7001.103] [Page 856] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER LX--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PART 7001_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE Sec. 7001.103 Statutory prohibition against interests in contracts to carry mail and acting as agent for contractors. Section 440 of title 18, United States Code, makes it unlawful for any Postal Service employee to become interested in any contract for carrying the mail, or to act as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering to become a contractor in any business before the Postal Service. [[Page 857]]