Postal Regulatory Commission
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![President Richard Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into law following the U.S. postal strike of 1970.](/Images/godic/202502/03/Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_5306793809.jpg")
![President George W. Bush signed the PAEA into law in December of 2006, giving the PRC its current form.](/Images/godic/202502/03/George-W-Bush3809.jpeg")
The United States Postal Regulatory Commission (or PRC), 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.