39 USC 3202: Penalty mail

39 USC 3202: Penalty mail Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000

From Title 39-POSTAL SERVICEPART IV-MAIL MATTERCHAPTER 32-PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL

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§3202. Penalty mail

(a) Subject to the limitations imposed by sections 3204 and 3207 of this title, there may be transmitted as penalty mail-

(1) official mail of-

(A) officers of the Government of the United States other than Members of Congress;

(B) the Smithsonian Institution;

(D) the Pan American Sanitary Bureau;

(E) the United States Employment Service and the system of employment offices operated by it in conformity with the provisions of sections 49–49c, 49d, 49e–49k of title 29, and all State employment systems which receive funds appropriated under authority of those sections; and

(F) any college officer or other person connected with the extension department of the college as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate to the Postal Service to the extent that the official mail consists of correspondence, bulletins, and reports for the furtherance of the purpose of sections 341–343 and 344–348 of title 7;

(2) mail relating to naturalization to be sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service by clerks of courts addressed to the Department of Justice or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or any official thereof;

(3) mail relating to a collection of statistics, survey, or census authorized by title 13 and addressed to the Department of Commerce or a bureau or agency thereof; and

(4) mail of State agriculture experiment stations pursuant to sections 325 and 361f of title 7.

(b) A department or officer authorized to use penalty covers may enclose them with return address to any person from or through whom official information is desired. The penalty cover may be used only to transmit the official information and endorsements relating thereto.

(c) This section does not apply to officers who receive a fixed allowance as compensation for their services including expenses of postage.

( Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 751 ; Pub. L. 94–553, §105(e), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599 ; Pub. L. 103–123, title VII, §708(b), Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1272 .)

Amendments

1993-Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 103–123 inserted "and" at end of par. (3) and substituted period for "; and" at end of par. (4).

1976-Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 94–553 struck out par. (5) which related to articles for copyright deposited with postmasters and addressed to the Register of Copyrights pursuant to section 15 of title 17.

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94–553, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights.

Payment of Postage for State Unemployment Compensation Systems and Employment Services

Pub. L. 92–80, title I, Aug. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 287 , which required Department of Labor and Post Office Department to use such amounts as may be agreed upon for the payment of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with the administration of unemployment compensation systems and employment services by States receiving grants, was from the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1972, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. See section 3202(a)(1)(E) of this title.

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Jan. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 91–667, title I, 84 Stat. 2002 .

Mar. 5, 1970, Pub. L. 91–204, title I, 84 Stat. 24 .

Oct. 11, 1968, Pub. L. 90–557, title I, 82 Stat. 971 .

Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–132, title I, 81 Stat. 387 .

Nov. 7, 1966, Pub. L. 89–787, title I, 80 Stat. 1379 .

Aug. 31, 1965, Pub. L. 89–156, title I, 79 Stat. 590 .

Sept. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–605, title I, 78 Stat. 960 .

Oct. 11, 1963, Pub. L. 88–136, title I, 77 Stat. 226 .

Aug. 14, 1962, Pub. L. 87–582, title I, 76 Stat. 363 .

Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87–290, title I, 75 Stat. 591 .

Sept. 2, 1960, Pub. L. 86–703, title I, 74 Stat. 757 .