Title 39 — Postal Service
174 sections across 21 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Postal policy2 sections
Ch. 2— United States Postal Service8 sections
Ch. 4— General powers of the Postal Service17 sections
- § 401General powers of the Postal Service
- § 402Delegation of authority
- § 403General duties
- § 404Specific powers
- § 404aSpecific limitations
- § 405Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps
- § 406Postal services at Armed Forces installations
- § 407International postal arrangements
- § 408International money-order exchanges
- § 409Suits by and against the Postal Service
- § 410Application of other laws
- § 411Cooperation with other Government agencies
- § 412Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses
- § 413Postal services at diplomatic posts
- § 414Special postage stamps
- § 415Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services
- § 416Authority to issue semipostals
Ch. 5— Commissioners5 sections
Ch. 6— Letters carried out of the mail6 sections
Ch. 10— Appointment and status11 sections
- § 1001Appointment and status
- § 1002Political recommendations
- § 1003Employment policy
- § 1004Supervisory and other managerial organizations
- § 1005Applicability of laws relating to Federal employees
- § 1006Right of transfer
- § 1007Seniority for employees in rural service
- § 1008Temporary employees or carriers
- § 1009Personnel not to receive fees
- § 1010Administration of oaths related to postal inspection matters
- § 1011Oath of office
Ch. 12— Definition9 sections
Ch. 20— Capital of the Postal Service1 inactive11 sections
- § 2001Definitions
- § 2002Capital of the Postal Service
- § 2003The Postal Service Fund
- § 2004Repealed. Pub. L. 105–33, title VII, § 7003(a)(1) , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 663 ]Repealed
- § 2005Obligations
- § 2006Relationship between the Treasury and the Postal Service
- § 2007Public debt character of the obligations of the Postal Service
- § 2008Audit and expenditures
- § 2009Annual budget
- § 2009aBudgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund
- § 2010Restrictions on agreements
- § 2011Provisions relating to competitive products
Ch. 22— No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labo1 section
Ch. 24— Appropriations2 sections
Ch. 26— Collection and adjustment of debts5 sections
Ch. 28— Strategic plans5 sections
Ch. 29— Property management2 sections
Ch. 30— Nonmailable matter1 inactive18 sections
- § 3001Nonmailable matter
- § 3002Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys
- § 3002aNonmailability of locksmithing devices
- § 3003Mail bearing a fictitious name or address
- § 3004Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address
- § 3005False representations; lotteries
- § 3006Repealed. Pub. L. 106–168, title I, § 105(b)(1) , Dec. 12, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1811 ]Repealed
- § 3007Detention of mail for temporary periods
- § 3008Prohibition of pandering advertisements
- § 3009Mailing of unordered merchandise
- § 3010Mailing of sexually oriented advertisements
- § 3011Judicial enforcement
- § 3012Civil penalties
- § 3013Semiannual reports on investigative activities of the Postal Service
- § 3014Nonmailable plants
- § 3015Nonmailable plant pests and injurious animals
- § 3016Administrative subpoenas
- § 3017Nonmailable skill contests or sweepstakes matter; notification to prohibit mailings
- § 3018Hazardous material
Ch. 32— Penalty mail20 sections
- § 3201Definitions
- § 3202Penalty mail
- § 3203Endorsements on penalty covers
- § 3204Restrictions on use of penalty mail
- § 3205Accounting for penalty covers
- § 3206Reimbursement for penalty mail service
- § 3207Limit of weight of penalty mail; postage on overweight matter
- § 3208Shipment by most economical means
- § 3209Executive departments to supply information
- § 3210Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials
- § 3211Public documents
- § 3212Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress
- § 3213Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture
- § 3214Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President
- § 3215Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful
- § 3216Reimbursement for franked mailings
- § 3217Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries of Postal Union of Americas and Spain
- § 3218Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress
- § 3219Mailgrams
- § 3220Use of official mail in the location and recovery of missing children
Ch. 34— Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United 1 inactive5 sections
- § 3401Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United States
- § 3402Repealed. Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1331(e)(3)(A) , Sept. 27, 1979 , 93 Stat. 482 ]Repealed
- § 3403Matter for blind and other handicapped persons
- § 3404Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons
- § 3405Markings
- § 3406Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Ch. 36— Applicability2 inactive26 sections
- § 3621Applicability; definitions
- § 3622Modern rate regulation
- § 3625Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b) , Dec. 20, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3205 ]Repealed
- § 3626Reduced rates
- § 3627Adjusting free rates
- § 3628Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b) , Dec. 20, 2006 , 120 Stat. 3205 ]Repealed
- § 3629Reduced rates for voter registration purposes
- § 3631Applicability; definitions and updates
- § 3632Action of the Governors
- § 3633Provisions applicable to rates for competitive products
- § 3634Assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income
- § 3641Market tests of experimental products
- § 3642New products and transfers of products between the market-dominant and competitive categories of mail
- § 3651Annual reports by the Commission
- § 3652Annual reports to the Commission
- § 3653Annual determination of compliance
- § 3654Additional financial reporting
- § 3661Postal services
- § 3662Rate and service complaints
- § 3663Appellate review
- § 3664Enforcement of orders
- § 3681Reimbursement
- § 3682Size and weight limits
- § 3683Uniform rates for books; films; other materials
- § 3684Limitations
- § 3685Filing of information relating to periodical publications
- § 3686Bonus authority
- § 3691Establishment of modern service standards