Title 39 — Postal Service
174 sections across 21 chapters.
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Ch. 1 — Postal policy 2 sections
Ch. 2 — United States Postal Service 8 sections
Ch. 4 — General powers of the Postal Service 17 sections
- § 401 General powers of the Postal Service
- § 402 Delegation of authority
- § 403 General duties
- § 404 Specific powers
- § 404a Specific limitations
- § 405 Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps
- § 406 Postal services at Armed Forces installations
- § 407 International postal arrangements
- § 408 International money-order exchanges
- § 409 Suits by and against the Postal Service
- § 410 Application of other laws
- § 411 Cooperation with other Government agencies
- § 412 Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses
- § 413 Postal services at diplomatic posts
- § 414 Special postage stamps
- § 415 Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services
- § 416 Authority to issue semipostals
Ch. 5 — Commissioners 5 sections
Ch. 6 — Letters carried out of the mail 6 sections
Ch. 10 — Appointment and status 11 sections
- § 1001 Appointment and status
- § 1002 Political recommendations
- § 1003 Employment policy
- § 1004 Supervisory and other managerial organizations
- § 1005 Applicability of laws relating to Federal employees
- § 1006 Right of transfer
- § 1007 Seniority for employees in rural service
- § 1008 Temporary employees or carriers
- § 1009 Personnel not to receive fees
- § 1010 Administration of oaths related to postal inspection matters
- § 1011 Oath of office
Ch. 12 — Definition 9 sections
Ch. 20 — Capital of the Postal Service 1 inactive 11 sections
- § 2001 Definitions
- § 2002 Capital of the Postal Service
- § 2003 The Postal Service Fund
- § 2004 Repealed. Pub. L. 105–33, title VII, § 7003(a)(1) , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 663 ] Repealed
- § 2005 Obligations
- § 2006 Relationship between the Treasury and the Postal Service
- § 2007 Public debt character of the obligations of the Postal Service
- § 2008 Audit and expenditures
- § 2009 Annual budget
- § 2009a Budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund
- § 2010 Restrictions on agreements
- § 2011 Provisions relating to competitive products
Ch. 22 — No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labo 1 section
Ch. 24 — Appropriations 2 sections
Ch. 26 — Collection and adjustment of debts 5 sections
Ch. 28 — Strategic plans 5 sections
Ch. 29 — Property management 2 sections
Ch. 30 — Nonmailable matter 1 inactive 18 sections
- § 3001 Nonmailable matter
- § 3002 Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys
- § 3002a Nonmailability of locksmithing devices
- § 3003 Mail bearing a fictitious name or address
- § 3004 Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address
- § 3005 False representations; lotteries
- § 3006 Repealed. Pub. L. 106–168, title I, § 105(b)(1) , Dec. 12, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1811 ] Repealed
- § 3007 Detention of mail for temporary periods
- § 3008 Prohibition of pandering advertisements
- § 3009 Mailing of unordered merchandise
- § 3010 Mailing of sexually oriented advertisements
- § 3011 Judicial enforcement
- § 3012 Civil penalties
- § 3013 Semiannual reports on investigative activities of the Postal Service
- § 3014 Nonmailable plants
- § 3015 Nonmailable plant pests and injurious animals
- § 3016 Administrative subpoenas
- § 3017 Nonmailable skill contests or sweepstakes matter; notification to prohibit mailings
- § 3018 Hazardous material
Ch. 32 — Penalty mail 20 sections
- § 3201 Definitions
- § 3202 Penalty mail
- § 3203 Endorsements on penalty covers
- § 3204 Restrictions on use of penalty mail
- § 3205 Accounting for penalty covers
- § 3206 Reimbursement for penalty mail service
- § 3207 Limit of weight of penalty mail; postage on overweight matter
- § 3208 Shipment by most economical means
- § 3209 Executive departments to supply information
- § 3210 Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials
- § 3211 Public documents
- § 3212 Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress
- § 3213 Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture
- § 3214 Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President
- § 3215 Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful
- § 3216 Reimbursement for franked mailings
- § 3217 Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries of Postal Union of Americas and Spain
- § 3218 Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress
- § 3219 Mailgrams
- § 3220 Use of official mail in the location and recovery of missing children
Ch. 34 — Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United 1 inactive 5 sections
- § 3401 Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United States
- § 3402 Repealed. Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1331(e)(3)(A) , Sept. 27, 1979 , 93 Stat. 482 ] Repealed
- § 3403 Matter for blind and other handicapped persons
- § 3404 Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons
- § 3405 Markings
- § 3406 Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Ch. 36 — Applicability 2 inactive 26 sections
- § 3621 Applicability; definitions
- § 3622 Modern rate regulation
- § 3625 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b) , Dec. 20, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3205 ] Repealed
- § 3626 Reduced rates
- § 3627 Adjusting free rates
- § 3628 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b) , Dec. 20, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3205 ] Repealed
- § 3629 Reduced rates for voter registration purposes
- § 3631 Applicability; definitions and updates
- § 3632 Action of the Governors
- § 3633 Provisions applicable to rates for competitive products
- § 3634 Assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income
- § 3641 Market tests of experimental products
- § 3642 New products and transfers of products between the market-dominant and competitive categories of mail
- § 3651 Annual reports by the Commission
- § 3652 Annual reports to the Commission
- § 3653 Annual determination of compliance
- § 3654 Additional financial reporting
- § 3661 Postal services
- § 3662 Rate and service complaints
- § 3663 Appellate review
- § 3664 Enforcement of orders
- § 3681 Reimbursement
- § 3682 Size and weight limits
- § 3683 Uniform rates for books; films; other materials
- § 3684 Limitations
- § 3685 Filing of information relating to periodical publications
- § 3686 Bonus authority
- § 3691 Establishment of modern service standards
Ch. 50 — Provisions for carrying mail 7 sections
- § 5001 Provisions for carrying mail
- § 5002 Transportation of mail of adjoining countries through the United States
- § 5003 Establishment of post roads
- § 5004 Discontinuance of service on post roads
- § 5005 Mail transportation
- § 5006 Lien on compensation of contractor
- § 5007 Free transportation of postal employees