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[CITE: 40USC615]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
    CHAPTER 12--CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC 
                                BUILDINGS
 
Sec. 615. Leasing of buildings by and for General Services 
        Administration; authority of Postal Service
        
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or repeal--
        (1) existing authorizations for the leasing of buildings by and 
    for the General Services Administration; or
        (2) the authority conferred by law on the United States Postal 
    Service.

(Pub. L. 86-249, Sec. 16, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 483; Pub. L. 91-375, 
Sec. 6(m)(3), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 782.)


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-375 struck out ``contained'' after ``Nothing'' and 
``use of the'' and ``or the Post Office Department'' before and after 
``General Services Administration'' in cl. (1), and substituted in cl. 
(1) ``; or'' for ``, or'' and as cl. (2) ``the authority conferred by 
law on the United States Postal Service'' for ``the authorization for 
the improvement of public buildings contained in title III of the Act 
entitled `An Act to establish a postal policy, to adjust postal rates, 
to adjust the compensation of postal employees, and for other purposes', 
approved May 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 134).''


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 
1970, on date established therefor by the Board of Governors of the 
United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal 
Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an Effective 
Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
