{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/s5401","title":39,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5401.","heading":"Authorization","text":"\u00a7\u202f5401.\nAuthorization\n(a) The Postal Service is authorized to provide for the safe and expeditious transportation of mail by aircraft.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in\nsection 5402 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t39/s5401.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5401","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5401."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5401/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Postal Service is authorized to provide for the safe and expeditious transportation of mail by aircraft.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5401/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" Except as otherwise provided in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5402 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t39/s5402","tail":", the Postal Service may make such rules, regulations, and orders consistent with part A of subtitle VII of title 49, or any order, rule, or regulation made by the Secretary of Transportation thereunder, as may be necessary for such transportation."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}