§ 2201. No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor

Statutory text

Except as provided in chapter 307 of title 18, the Postal Service may not make a contract for the purchase of equipment or supplies to be manufactured by convict labor.

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.

1970
Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719
Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 2201
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 742.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 742.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 742.)