[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54304-54305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26204]



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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 233


Definition of Post Office Burglary

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Recent events, including the theft of office equipment from 
rooms in buildings in which the Postal Service business is conducted, 
but not post office operations, revealed the need to expand the 
definition of ``burglary of post office' to include all buildings in 
which Postal Service business is conducted. Therefore it is necessary 
to amend the CFR to reflect the revised definition.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H.J. Bauman, Counsel, Postal 
Inspection Service, (202) 268-4415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service offers rewards for 
information and services leading to the arrest and conviction of 
perpetrators of postal crimes, including the burglary of a post office. 
Regulations concerning these rewards are published in 39 CFR 233.2. 
That section, which contains the text of Postal Service Poster 296, 
Notice of Reward, defines ``burglary of post office'' as ``breaking 
into, or attempting to break into, a post office, station, 

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branch, or a building used wholly or partially as a post office with 
intent to commit a larceny or other depredation in that part used as a 
post office.''
    Recent events, including the theft of office equipment from rooms 
in buildings in which Postal Service business is conducted, but not 
post office operations, revealed the need to expand the definition of 
``burglary of post office'' to include all buildings in which Postal 
Service business is conducted. Therefore it is necessary to amend the 
CFR to reflect the revised definition.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 233

    Crime, Law enforcement, Postal Service.

    Accordingly, 39 CFR part 233 is amended as set forth below.

PART 233--INSPECTION SERVICE/INSPECTOR GENERAL AUTHORITY

    1. The authority citation for part 233 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 410, 411, 
3005(e)(1); 12 U.S.C. 3401-3422; 18 U.S.C. 981, 1956, 1957, 2254, 
3061; 21 U.S.C. 881; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. 
L. No. 95-452, as amended), 5 U.S.C. App. 3.

    2. In Sec. 233.2, the note following paragraph (b)(2) is amended by 
republishing the introductory text and by revising the definition of 
``Burglary of Post Office'' to read as follows:


Sec. 233.2  Circulars and rewards.

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    (b) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (2) * * *

    Note: The text of Postal Service Poster 296, referred to in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section, reads as follows:
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    Burglary of Post Office, $10,000. Breaking into, or attempting 
to break into, a post office, station, branch, building used wholly 
or partly as a post office, or any building or area in a building 
where the business of the Postal Service is conducted, with intent 
to commit a larceny or other depredation therein.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 95-26204 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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