Executive Order 11590—Applicability of Executive Order No. 11222 and Executive Order 11478 to the United States Postal Service and of Executive Order No. 11478 to the Postal Rate Commission
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 7151 and 7301 of title 5, United States Code, as made applicable to the Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission by the Postal Reorganization Act, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 11222. Executive Order No. 11222 of May 8, 1965, is amended by adding thereto a new section 706 as follows:
"SEC. 706. This Order shall be applicable to the United States Postal Service established by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970."
SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 11478. Executive Order No. 11478 of August 8, 1969, is amended by adding thereto a new section 8 as follows:
"SEC. 8. This Order shall be applicable to the United States Postal Service and to the Postal Rate Commission established by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970."
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
April 23, 1971
NOTE: The Executive order was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11590—Applicability of Executive Order No. 11222 and Executive Order 11478 to the United States Postal Service and of Executive Order No. 11478 to the Postal Rate Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/307120