Public Law 91-375

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Public Law 91-375 is the 1970 U.S. federal statute that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
postal reform law ⓘ
abolished cabinet-level Post Office Department ⓘ
aimedTo improve postal service efficiency ⓘ
modernize the United States postal system ⓘ
reduce political patronage in postal operations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Postal Reorganization Act ⓘ
appliesTo United States Postal Service ⓘ
postal employees of the United States government ⓘ
changedOfficeOf Postmaster General from cabinet officer to head of USPS ⓘ
changedStatusOf United States Postal Service ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 39 of the United States Code ⓘ
congressNumber 91st United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created United States Postal Service ⓘ
dateSigned 1970-08-12 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1971-07-01 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
established Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
Office of the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
Postal Rate Commission ⓘ
historicalContext enacted after the 1970 U.S. postal workers strike ⓘ
impact significantly altered governance of the U.S. postal system ⓘ
transitioned postal operations from a cabinet department to a government-owned corporation-like entity ⓘ
jurisdiction nationwide postal services in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm Act of Congress ⓘ
legislativeType public law ⓘ
mandated postal rates to be set with regard to costs and fairness ⓘ
self-supporting financing for the United States Postal Service ⓘ
precededBy Post Office Department reorganization proposals of the 1960s ⓘ
primaryEffect transformed the Post Office Department into the United States Postal Service ⓘ
providedFor Postal Rate Commission ⓘ
collective bargaining rights for postal employees ⓘ
labor-management relations framework for postal workers ⓘ
publicLawNumber 91-375 ⓘ
reorganized Post Office Department ⓘ
resultedIn United States Postal Service becoming an independent establishment of the executive branch ⓘ
shortName Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingPresident Richard Nixon ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 84 Stat. 719 ⓘ
subject federal government reorganization ⓘ
postal service reorganization ⓘ
title An Act to improve and modernize the postal service, to reorganize the Post Office Department, and for other purposes ⓘ
topic postal law ⓘ
public administration reform ⓘ
yearEnacted 1970 ⓘ

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Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 91-375 ⓘ
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