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Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads." The Post Office has the constitutional authority to designate mail routes.
Today the USPS is empowered to suspend the PES, if it believes such a private postal service would be in the interests of the general public. The PES consists of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1693 – 1696 and 39 U.S.C. §§ 601 – 606 , implemented under 39 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 310 and 320.
A Prohibitory Order is a legal instrument issued by the United States Postal Service, against a mailer, on request of a recipient.Its effect is to criminalize any further attempt by a particular mailer to continue to send advertisement material to a particular recipient through the United States Postal Service. [1]
Between 2007 and 2016, the USPS lost $62.4 billion; the inspector general of the USPS estimated that $54.8 billion of that (87%) was due to prefunding retiree benefits. [13] By the end of 2019, the USPS had $160.9 billion in debt, due to growth of the Internet, the Great Recession, and prepaying for employee benefits as stipulated in PAEA. [14]
This includes violations that occur on federal property such as federal buildings, national parks, military installations, post offices, Veteran Affairs medical centers, national wildlife refuges, and national forests. The Central Violations Bureau processes violation notices for violations of federal law that occur outside federal property as ...
USPS had a contract with FedEx for domestic air transportation services, but it expired on Sept. 29, 2024. The government agency later chose UPS for its new air cargo contract.
In fiscal year 2024, the agency said it found over 730 cases of child labor violations, which resulted in uncovering the illegal employment of 4,030 children – a 31% increase since 2019.
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service.It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use.