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.
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June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 704Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(4)84 Stat. 777Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)108 Stat. 2147(, ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
section 808 of title 39Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 389, § 237 Stat. 553Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., The Postal Service (, ).
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.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994—, 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.
Pub. L. 91–3751970— struck out “Post Office Department or the” before “Postal Service”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Pub. L. 91–375section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375section 101 of Title 39Amendment by effective within 1 year after , on date established therefor by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see , set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Postal Service.