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Title 39 — Postal Service

Part I · Chapter 4 — General Authority

§ 415. Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services

Statutory text

The Postal Service may not restrict, eliminate, or adversely affect any service provided by the Postal Service as a result of the payment of any penalty imposed under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.).

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. Postal Employees Safety Enhancement Act

    Pub. L. 105–241 § 4(a) · 112 Stat. 1572

    Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 415

    (Added Pub. L. 105–241, § 4(a), Sept. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 1573.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 105–241, § 4(a), Sept. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 1573.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 414 the following: “§ 415. Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services “The Postal Service may not restrict, eliminate, or adversely affect any service provided by the Postal Service as a result of the payment of any penalty imposed under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.).”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–596, , 84 Stat. 1590, which is classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 651 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 651 of Title 29 and Tables.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 105–241, § 4(a), , 112 Stat. 1573.)

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