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§ 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.



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