Title 40 of the U.S. Code § 17302 - Compliance

Full text of § 17302 from Title 40 of the United States Code.

§ 17302. Compliance

(a) Prescribing Regulations.—With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Postal Service jointly shall prescribe regulations governing the shipment of valuables by an executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, with a view to minimizing the risk of loss and destruction of, and damage to, valuables in shipment.

(b) Compliance.—Each executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, and employee of the Government, and each person acting for, or at the direction of, the executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee, must comply with the regulations when making any shipment of valuables.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1280.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
17302	40:721.	July 8, 1937, ch. 444, §1, 50 Stat. 479.

In subsection (a), the words "As soon as practicable after July 8, 1937" are omitted as obsolete. The words "United States Postal Service" are substituted for "Postmaster General" in section 1 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444, 50 Stat. 479) because of section 4(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773).

In subsection (b), the words "After the effective date of such regulations, which shall be not more than thirty days after their issuance" are omitted as obsolete.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions

For power of Secretary of the Treasury and United States Postal Service to prescribe, without approval of President, regulations under section 721 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L. 107–217, §§1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304), see section 3(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9499, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

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