40 USC § 3317 - Certain authority not affected

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title: "40 USC § 3317 - Certain authority not affected"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3317"
section_name: "Certain authority not affected"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1167, § 3315; renumbered § 3316, Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 323(c)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1590; renumbered § 3317, Pub. L. 114–235, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 3317. Certain authority not affected

This chapter does not limit or repeal the authority conferred by law on the United States Postal Service.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1167, § 3315; renumbered § 3316, Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 323(c)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1590; renumbered § 3317, Pub. L. 114–235, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 964.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3315 | 40:615. | Pub. L. 86–249, § 16, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 483; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(m)(3), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 782. |

The text of 40:615(1) is omitted as obsolete.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— renumbered  as this section.

2007— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date that is 1 day after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , The Congress.