40-U.S.C.-17302
§17302 – Compliance
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Title 40 > Subtitle VI > Chapter 173 > Section 17302
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- Reference: Section 17302
- Legend: §17302 – Compliance
- USCode Year: 2013
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(a) Prescribing Regulations.—With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Postal Service jointly shall prescribe regulations governing the shipment of valuables by an executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, with a view to minimizing the risk of loss and destruction of, and damage to, valuables in shipment.
(b) Compliance.—Each executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, and employee of the Government, and each person acting for, or at the direction of, the executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee, must comply with the regulations when making any shipment of valuables.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1280.)
Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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17302 | 40:721. | July 8, 1937, ch. 444, §1, 50 Stat. 479. |
In subsection (a), the words As soon as practicable after July 8, 1937 are omitted as obsolete. The words United States Postal Service are substituted for Postmaster General in section 1 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444, 50 Stat. 479) because of section 4(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773).
In subsection (b), the words After the effective date of such regulations, which shall be not more than thirty days after their issuance are omitted as obsolete.
Delegation of Functions
For power of Secretary of the Treasury and United States Postal Service to prescribe, without approval of President, regulations under section 721 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L. 107–217, §§1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304), see section 3(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9499, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
40-U.S.C.-15702 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Public Property
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