Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110
§17302 Compliance
Title 40 › SUBTITLE VI — MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 173 — GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT › § 17302
Summary
With the President's approval, the Treasury Secretary and the U.S. Postal Service must make rules to prevent loss, destruction, or damage when the federal government ships valuables. All federal departments, agencies, officers, employees, and their agents must follow those rules.
Full Legal Text
Title 40, §17302
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(a)Prescribing Regulations.—
With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Postal Service jointly shall prescribe regulations governing the shipment of valuables by an executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, with a view to minimizing the risk of loss and destruction of, and damage to, valuables in shipment.
(b)Compliance.—
Each executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, and employee of the Government, and each person acting for, or at the direction of, the executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee, must comply with the regulations when making any shipment of valuables.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1730240:721.July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 1, 50 Stat. 479. In subsection (a), the words “As soon as practicable after July 8, 1937” are omitted as obsolete. The words “United States Postal Service” are substituted for “Postmaster General” in section 1 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444, 50 Stat. 479) because of section 4(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773). In subsection (b), the words “After the
Effective Date
of such
Regulations
, which shall be not more than thirty days after their issuance” are omitted as obsolete.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For power of Secretary of the Treasury and United States Postal Service to prescribe, without approval of President,
Regulations
under section 721 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304), see section 3(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9499, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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Citation
40 U.S.C. § 17302
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110