39 USC § 2201 - No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor

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title: "39 USC § 2201 - No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "2201"
section_name: "No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "CONVICT LABOR"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 742.)"
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# § 2201. No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor

Except as provided in chapter 307 of title 18, the Postal Service may not make a contract for the purchase of equipment or supplies to be manufactured by convict labor.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 742.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See , set out as a note preceding .