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PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970
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damage relates to property of the United States Postal Service chargeable to its officers or employees". (5) Section 3a of the Government Tosses in Shipment Act as added by section 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1358; 40 U.S.C. 724), is amended (A) by striking out the colon immediately preceding the proviso and inserting a period in lieu thereof; and (B) by striking out the proviso. (n) Section 602(i) of the Act of August 20, 1964 (78 Stat. 529; 42 U.S.C. 2942(i)), is amended by striking out "section 4154 of title 39, United States Code" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3204 of title 39, United States Code". (o) Whenever any reference is made in any provision of law (other than this Act or a provision of law amended by this Act), regulation, rule, record, or document to the Post Office Department, the Postal Service, the postal field service, the field postal service, or the departmental service or departmental headquarters of the Post Office Department, such reference shall be considered a reference to the United States Postal Service. Any reference to any officer or employee of the Post Office Department, the Postal Service, the postal field service, the field postal service, or the departmental service or departmental headquarters of the Post Office Department shall be deemed a reference to the appropriate officer or employee of the United States Postal Service. (p) Whenever reference is made in any provision of law (other than this Act or provision of law amended by this Act), regulation, rule, record, or document to a postal inspector or chief postal inspector of the Post Office Department, such reference shall be deemed to be a i*eference to the appropriate officer or employee of the United States Postal Service who performs duties related to the inspection of postal matters. (q) Whenever reference is made in any law to title 39, United States Code, or provision of that title, as such title or provision existed prior to the effective date of this section, that reference shall be considered a reference to the appropriate provision of title 39, as amended by section 2 of this Act, unless no such provision is included therein. STUDY o r PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF M A I L
SEC. 7. The Congress finds that advances in communications technology, data processing, and the needs of mail users require a complete study and thorough reevaluation of the restrictions on the private carriage of letters and packets contained in chapter 6 of title 39, United States Code (as enacted by section 2 of this Act), and sections ^"'«' P* ^27. 1694-1696 of title 18, United States Code, and the regulations estab- ^2 Stat. 776. lished and administered under these laws. The Board of Governors of Reports to the United States Postal Service shall submit to the President and congU^s". ^" the Congress within 2 years after the effective date of this section a renort and recommendation for the modernization of these provisions of law, and such regulations and administrative practices. TRANSFER OF POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL
SEC. 8. Officers and employees of the Post Office Department shall become officers and employees of the United States Postal Service on the effective date of this section. The provisions of this section shall not applv to persons occupying the positions of Postmaster General, Deputy Postmaster General, Assistant Postmasters General, General Counsel, or Judicial Officer. This section shall not be construed, however, to prohibit the appointment of such persons to positions in the Postal Service.
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