---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 3317"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "3317"
heading: "Certain authority not affected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/3317"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part A — General"
  - "Chapter 33 — Acquisition, Construction, and Alteration"
---

# §3317. Certain authority not affected


This chapter does not limit or repeal the authority conferred by law on the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) Postal Service.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1167, § 3315; renumbered § 3316, Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 323(c)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1590; renumbered § 3317, Pub. L. 114–235, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 964.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3315 | 40:615. | Pub. L. 86–249, § 16, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 483; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(m)(3), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 782. |

The text of 40:615(1) is omitted as obsolete.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–235 renumbered section 3316 of this title as this section.

2007—Pub. L. 110–140 renumbered section 3315 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.