§ 440. Mail contracts

Footnotes

1. 1 See 1994 Amendment note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 440

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 704

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 704

2. 1970

   Postal Reorganization Act

   Pub. L. 91–375 § 6(j)(3) · 84 Stat. 719

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 440

   Pub. L. 91–375 substituted “Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” before “, shall be fined”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–375 substituted “Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” before “, shall be fined”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 440 is amended by striking out “Post Office Department” and inserting in lieu thereof “Postal Service”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.

3. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(L) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 440

   Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by substituting “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”, was executed by making the substitution for “fined not more than $5,000”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by substituting “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”, was executed by making the substitution for “fined not more than $5,000”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (L) in sections 33, 224, 231, 241, 245, 246, 286, 289, 332, 335, 337, 351, 371, 437, 440, 441, 493, 496, 500, 510, 545, 595, 599, 600, 601, 641, 664, 665, 667, 757, 792, 793, 798, 844, 892, 893, 894, 924, 952, 955, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 970, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1082, 1084, 1115, 1202, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1385, 1461, 1462, 1464, 1587, 1623, 1654, 1656, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1910, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1992, 2101, 2113, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2231, 2232, 2271, 2274, 2275, 2314, 2315, 2383, 2386, 2387, 2388, and 2512 by striking “not more than $10,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial