Title 39 — Postal Service
Part V · Chapter 56 — Transportation of Mail by Vessel
§ 5605. Contracts for transportation of mail by vessel
Statutory text
The Postal Service may contract for the transportation of mail by vessel without advertising for bids.
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.
Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719
Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 5605
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773Pub. L. 109–438 · 120 Stat. 3268
Struck · 39 U.S.C. § 5605
Pub. L. 109–438 struck out “for periods of not in excess of 4 years” before period at end
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 109–438 struck out “for periods of not in excess of 4 years” before period at end.
0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–438 struck out “for periods of not in excess of 4 years” before period at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , 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
1970–2006 · 2 acts
Show as published
(Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1002(b)(3), , 120 Stat. 3255.)