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type: "LegalText"
title: "39 U.S.C. § 208"
description: "Reservation of powers"
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title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
chapter_number: "2"
chapter_name: "ORGANIZATION"
section: "208"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 208"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 208 - Reservation of powers
## Text
Congress reserves the power to alter, amend, or repeal any or all of the sections of this title, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall impair the obligation of any contract made by the Postal Service under any power conferred by this title.
(Pub. L. 91375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 722.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 719 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.