page_title: Postal Regulatory Commission
section_title: Postal Rate Commission
hierarchical_section_title: Postal Regulatory Commission / History / Postal Rate Commission
context_page_description: The United States Postal Regulatory Commission, formerly called the Postal Rate Commission, is an independent regulatory agency created by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Like the Postal Service, it was defined in law as an independent establishment of the executive branch.
context_section_description: The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 created the PRC—originally named the Postal Rate Commission—to set the rates for different classes of mail by holding hearings on rates proposed by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
  From 1970 through 2006, the PRC also had oversight authority over the USPS in areas besides rates changes. Specifically, that additional oversight consisted of conducting public, on-the-record hearings concerning proposed mail classification or major service changes and of recommending actions to be taken by the postal Governors.
caption: President Richard Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into law following the U.S. postal strike of 1970.
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