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[CITE: 40USC285a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
             CHAPTER 3--PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 285a. Washington City post office under control of United 
        States Postal Service
        
    The United States Postal Service shall have exclusive jurisdiction, 
control, and custody of the Washington City post office and the 
additions thereto, located at North Capitol Street and Massachusetts 
Avenue, to be operated and maintained by it the same as other public 
buildings under its custody and control.

(Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 162, 47 Stat. 1419; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 1, eff. 
June 10, 1933; Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a), 6(o), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 
773, 783.)

                         Change of Name

    ``United States Postal Service'' substituted in text for ``Post 
Office Department'' pursuant to Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a), 6(o), Aug. 
12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, 783, which are set out as notes preceding 
section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service, and under section 201 of Title 
39, respectively, which abolished the Post Office Department, 
transferred its functions to the United States Postal Service, and 
provided that references in other laws to the Post Office Department 
shall be considered a reference to the United States Postal Service.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Ex. Ord. No. 6166 transferred administration of post office building 
from Secretary of the Treasury as provided by act Mar. 1, 1933, to Post 
Office Department.
