§ 204. — General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal Inspector.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC204]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART I--GENERAL
CHAPTER 2--ORGANIZATION
Sec. 204. General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal
Inspector
There shall be within the Postal Service a General Counsel, such
number of Assistant Postmasters General as the Board shall consider
appropriate, a Judicial Officer, and a Chief Postal Inspector. The
General Counsel, the Assistant Postmasters General, the Judicial
Officer, and the Chief Postal Inspector shall be appointed by, and serve
at the pleasure of, the Postmaster General. The Judicial Officer shall
perform such quasi-judicial duties, not inconsistent with chapter 36 of
this title, as the Postmaster General may designate. The Judicial
Officer shall be the agency for the purposes of the requirements of
chapter 5 of title 5, to the extent that functions are delegated to him
by the Postmaster General. The Chief Postal Inspector shall report to,
and be under the general supervision of, the Postmaster General. The
Postmaster General shall promptly notify the Governors and both Houses
of Congress in writing if he or she removes the Chief Postal Inspector
or transfers the Chief Postal Inspector to another position or location
within the Postal Service, and shall include in any such notification
the reasons for the removal or transfer.
(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 104-208, div. A,
title I, Sec. 101(f) [title VI, Sec. 662(f)(2)(A)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110
Stat. 3009-314, 3009-382.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(f) [title VI, Sec. 662(f)(2)(A)(i)],
in section catchline substituted ``General Counsel; Judicial Officer;
Chief Postal Inspector'' for ``Assistant Postmasters General; General
Counsel; Judicial Officer''.
Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(f) [title VI, Sec. 662(f)(2)(A)(ii)-(iv)],
substituted ``a Judicial Officer, and a Chief Postal Inspector.'' for
``and a Judicial Officer.'' and ``the Judicial Officer, and the Chief
Postal Inspector'' for ``and the Judicial Officer'', and inserted at end
``The Chief Postal Inspector shall report to, and be under the general
supervision of, the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General shall
promptly notify the Governors and both Houses of Congress in writing if
he or she removes the Chief Postal Inspector or transfers the Chief
Postal Inspector to another position or location within the Postal
Service, and shall include in any such notification the reasons for the
removal or transfer.''
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 20, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71-7 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1001, 1005 of this title.