§ 441. — Postal supply contracts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC441]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 23--CONTRACTS
Sec. 441. Postal supply contracts
No contract for furnishing supplies to the Postal Service shall be
made with any person who has entered, or proposed to enter, into any
combination to prevent the making of any bid for furnishing such
supplies, or to fix a price or prices therefor, or who has made any
agreement, or given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any
consideration whatever to induce any other person not to bid for any
such contract, or to bid at a specified price or prices thereon.
Whoever violates this section shall be fined under this title \1\ or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the offender is a
contractor for furnishing such supplies his contract may be annulled.
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\1\ See 1994 Amendment note below.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(4),
Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 808 of title 39, U.S.C., 1940 ed., The Postal
Service (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 389, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 553).
Minimum punishment provisions ``less than $100 nor'' and ``less than
three months nor'' were omitted to conform to policy followed by
codifiers of 1909 Criminal Code.
Changes in phraseology were also made.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the amendment of this section
by substituting ``fined under this title'' for ``fined not more than
$10,000'', was executed by making the substitution for ``fined not more
than $5,000'' in second par., to reflect the probable intent of
Congress.
1970--Pub. L. 91-375 struck out ``Post Office Department or the''
before ``Postal Service''.
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.
