(1) To implement the policies of the board of 
directors. 
(2) To employ and discharge employees of the 
Corporation. 
(3) To supervise the offices, facilities and work 
of the employees of the Corporation. 
(4) To have custody of and maintain the books, 
records and membership rolls of the Corporation. 
(5) To prepare and submit to the board of di-
rectors annual and quarterly statements of the fi-
nancial estimates for the operations of the Corpora-
tion. 
(6) To attend and participate in meetings of 
the board of directors as a non-voting director. 
(7) To exercise such other powers and perform 
such other duties as the board of directors delegate. 
SEC. 33. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LAW AND POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The not-for-profit corporation law 
of the District of Columbia applies to the Corporation, ex-
cept that if any provision of the not-for-profit corporation 
law conflicts with any provision of this Act, the conflicting 
provision of the not-for-profit law shall not apply in such 
case. If any provision of this Act relates to a matter em-
braced in the not-for-profit corporation law but is not in 
conflict therewith, both provisions shall apply. 
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(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to limit the right of any individual or 
group or class of individuals to initiate, intervene in, or 
otherwise participate in any proceeding before any regu-
latory agency or court; nor to require any petition or noti-
fication to the Corporation as a condition precedent to 
such right, nor to relieve any postal agency, court or other 
public body of any obligation, or affect its discretion to 
permit intervention or participation by a postal user or 
class of postal users in any proceeding or activity, nor to 
limit the right of any individual or individuals to obtain 
administrative or judicial review. 
(c) CLARIFYING PROVISION.—The intervention or 
participation of the Corporation in a proceeding or activity 
shall not affect the obligation of any regulatory agency 
or other public body to operate in the public interest. 
SEC. 34. CORRUPT PRACTICES AND CONFLICTS OF INTER-
EST. 
(a) DONATIONS.—No person may offer or give any-
thing of monetary value to any director, delegate, em-
ployee, or agent of the Corporation if the offer or gift in-
fluences, or is intended to influence, the action or judg-
ment of the director, employee or agent of the Corporation 
in his or her capacity as director, delegate, employee or 
agent of the Corporation. 
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(b) SOLICITATIONS, ETC.—No director, delegate, em-
ployee or agent of the Corporation may solicit or accept 
anything of monetary value from any person if their solici-
tation or acceptance influences, or is intended to influence, 
the official action or judgment of the director, employee 
or agent in his or her capacity as director, employee or 
agent of the Corporation. 
(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person who knowingly and 
willfully violates this section shall be subject to a civil pen-
alty of not more than $10,000. 
(d) REMOVAL.—The board of directors shall remove 
from any director, delegate, employee or agent of the Cor-
poration violating the provisions of this section. 
SEC. 35. PENALTIES. 
A violation of any provision of this Act pertaining to 
conduct by the Postal Service of officers or employees 
thereof shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than 
$10,000 for each violation. 
SEC. 36. CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act, being necessary for the welfare of the 
United States and its inhabitants, shall be liberally con-
strued to effect its purposes. 
SEC. 37. SEVERABILITY. 
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this Act 
or the application thereof be adjudged by a court of com-
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petent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not 
affect, impair or invalidate the remainder, and the applica-
tion thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the 
clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly in-
volved in the controversy in which such judgment shall 
have been rendered. 
SEC. 38. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘individual residential postal 
user’’ means any person who sends or receives let-
ters, packages, and other items through the Postal 
Service. 
(2) The term ‘‘private mail delivery service’’ 
means any establishment which regularly delivers 
second-class, third-class, fourth-class, overnight, or 
other category of mail for profit. 
(3) The term ‘‘agency’’ means any local, State, 
or Federal department, commission, office, authority 
or other public body with the legal authority to es-
tablish or alter rates or services for the provision of 
postal services within the United States. 
(4) The term ‘‘proceeding’’ means any formal 
hearing or meeting conducted by the Postal Service, 
the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other 
agency or subdivision thereof, including a meeting 
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conducted by an administrative law judge, regard-
ing— 
(A) the establishment or alteration of rates 
and charges for the provision of postal services 
within the United States; 
(B) the promulgation of rules and regula-
tions concerning postal services and other mat-
ters that affect the interests of individual resi-
dential postal consumers; 
(C) adjudication of complaints, claims, dis-
putes and petitions of residential postal users; 
or 
(D) the gathering of information on mat-
ters that affect the interests of individual resi-
dential postal consumers. 
(5) The term ‘‘Corporation’’ means the Post 
Office Consumer Action Group, Incorporated. 
(6) The term ‘‘member’’ means any person who 
meets the requirements for membership in the Cor-
poration set forth in this Act. 
(7) The term ‘‘director’’ means any member of 
the Corporation duly elected or appointed to the 
board of directors of the Corporation. 
(8) The term ‘‘delegate’’ means any person duly 
elected or appointed as a delegate under this Act. 
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(9) The term ‘‘district’’ means a district des-
ignated by the board of directors pursuant to this 
Act. 
(10) The term ‘‘campaign expenditure’’ means 
a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, de-
posit, or gift of money or anything of value, made 
for the purpose of electing a candidate as a director 
or delegate, or a contract, promise, or agreement 
therefore. 
(11) The term ‘‘campaign contribution’’ means 
money, goods, services, or other benefits paid, made, 
loaned, given, conferred, or promised, including but 
not limited to, use of office space, telephones, equip-
ment, staff services and provisions of meals, drinks, 
entertainment, services or transportation made for 
the purpose of electing a candidate as a director or 
delegate. 
(12) The term ‘‘political committee’’ means any 
committee, club, association, or other group of per-
sons which makes campaign expenditures or receives 
campaign contributions during the year before an 
election of directors or delegates. 
(13) The term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means the 
United States Postal Service. 
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