United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5774 (94th)
A bill to amend section 1006 of title 39, United States Code, relating to the eligibility of U.S. Postal Service employees for the transfer to other positions in the executive branch, and for other purposes.
Introduced
9 April 1975
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Status
Referred jointly to Senate Committees on Post Office and Civil Service; and Labor and Public Welfare.
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Subjects
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Summary
Provides that each officer or employee in the postal career service of the Postal Service shall be eligible for promotion or transfer to: (1) another position in the Postal Service for which he is qualified; or (2) any other position in the executive branch of the Government of the United States for which he is qualified upon completion of at least one year of continuous employment in the postal career service immediately before such promotion or transfer and subject to such regulations governing such promotion or transfer as the United States Civil Service Commission shall prescribe. Provides that the Postal Service may not employ attorneys by contract if attorneys may be economically employed on a full-time basis to conduct specified litigation. Provides that return receipt provided by the Postal Service to a sender of mail showing to whom and when an article was delivered, or to whom, when, and address where an article was delivered, shall be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of the delivery. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 1006; adds 39 U.S.C. 413)
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2 official files
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 22 May 1975
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 April 1975
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/5774
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