Title 39 U.S.C. — Postal Service
181 sections
- § 101 — Postal policy
- § 102 — Definitions
- § 201 — United States Postal Service
- § 202 — Board of Governors
- § 203 — Postmaster General; Deputy Postmaster General
- § 204 — General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal Inspector
- § 205 — Procedures of the Board of Governors
- § 206 — Advisory Council
- § 207 — Seal
- § 208 — Reservation of powers
- § 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
- § 501 — Establishment
- § 502 — Commissioners
- § 503 — Rules; regulations; procedures
- § 504 — Administration
- § 505 — Officer of the Postal Regulatory Commission representing the general public
- § 601 — Letters carried out of the mail
- § 602 — Foreign letters out of the mails
- § 603 — Searches authorized
- § 604 — Seizing and detaining letters
- § 605 — Searching vessels for letters
- § 606 — Disposition of seized mail
- § 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
- § 1201 — Definition
- § 1202 — Bargaining units
- § 1203 — Recognition of labor organizations
- § 1204 — Elections
- § 1205 — Deductions of dues
- § 1206 — Collective-bargaining agreements
- § 1207 — Labor disputes
- § 1208 — Suits
- § 1209 — Applicability of Federal labor laws
- § 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- § 2004 — Repealed.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]
- § 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
- § 2201 — No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor
- § 2401 — Appropriations
- § 2402 — Annual report
- § 2601 — Collection and adjustment of debts
- § 2602 — Transportation of international mail by air carriers of the United States
- § 2603 — Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service
- § 2604 — Delivery of stolen money to owner
- § 2605 — Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments
- § 2801 — Definitions
- § 2802 — Strategic plans
- § 2803 — Performance plans
- § 2804 — Program performance reports
- § 2805 — Inherently Governmental functions
- § 2901 — Definitions
- § 2902 — Property management
- § 2903 — Use of funds from sale of property
- § 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]
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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]
- § 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
- § 3621 — Applicability; definitions
- § 3622 — Modern rate regulation
- § 3623 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3205]
- § 3626 — Reduced rates
- § 3627 — Adjusting free rates
- § 3628 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3205]
- § 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
- § 3692 — Performance targets and transparency
- § 3701 — Purpose
- § 3702 — Definitions
- § 3703 — Postal Service program for State governments
- § 3704 — Postal Service program for other Government agencies
- § 3705 — Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services
- § 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
- § 5201 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1002(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3254]
- § 5401 — Authorization
- § 5402 — Contracts for transportation of mail by air
- § 5403 — Fines
- § 5601 — Sea post service
- § 5602 — Termination of contracts for foreign transportation
- § 5603 — Transportation of mail by vessel as freight or express
- § 5604 — Fines on ocean carriers
- § 5605 — Contracts for transportation of mail by vessel