---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 2902"
title: "39"
title_heading: "Postal Service"
number: "2902"
heading: "Property management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/39/2902"
units:
  - "Part III — Modernization and Fiscal Administration"
  - "Chapter 29 — Property Management"
---

# §2902. Property management

- (a) **In General.—** The [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1)—
  - (1) shall maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for [postal property](/usc/39/2901.md?p=2);
  - (2) shall develop current and future workforce projections so as to have the capacity to assess the needs of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) workforce regarding the use of property;
  - (3) may develop a 5-year management template that—
    - (A) establishes goals and policies that will lead to the reduction of [excess property](/usc/39/2901.md?p=1) and [underutilized property](/usc/39/2901.md?p=3) in the inventory of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1);
    - (B) adopts workplace practices, configurations, and management techniques that can achieve increased levels of productivity and decrease the need for real property assets;
    - (C) assesses leased space to identify space that is not fully used or occupied;
    - (D) develops recommendations on how to address excess capacity at [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) facilities without negatively impacting mail delivery; and
    - (E) develops recommendations on ensuring the security of mail processing operations; and
  - (4) if the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) develops a template under [paragraph (3)](#a-3) shall, as part of that template and on a regular basis—
    - (A) conduct an inventory of [postal property](/usc/39/2901.md?p=2) that is real property; and
    - (B) publish a report that covers each property identified under [subparagraph (A)](#a-4-A), similar to the USPS Owned Facilities Report and the USPS Leased Facilities Report, that includes—
      - (i) the date on which the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) first occupied the property;
      - (ii) the size of the property in square footage and acreage;
      - (iii) the geographical location of the property, including an address and description;
      - (iv) the extent to which the property is being utilized;
      - (v) the actual annual operating costs associated with the property;
      - (vi) the total cost of capital expenditures associated with the property;
      - (vii) the number of postal employees, contractor employees, and functions housed at the property;
      - (viii) the extent to which the mission of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) is dependent on the property; and
      - (ix) the estimated amount of capital expenditures projected to maintain and operate the property over each of the next 5 years after the date of enactment of this chapter.
- (b) **Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in [subsection (a)(4)(B)](#a-4-B) shall be construed to require the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) to obtain an appraisal of [postal property](/usc/39/2901.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–318, § 4(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1613.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(4)(B)(ix), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–318, which was approved Dec. 16, 2016.