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39 U.S.C. 3205: Accounting for penalty coversText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 39-POSTAL SERVICECHAPTER 32-PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL
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§3205. Accounting for penalty covers

Executive departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government of the United States, and organizations and persons authorized by law to use penalty mail, shall account for all penalty covers through the Postal Service.

( Pub. L. 91–375 , Aug. 12, 1970 , 84 Stat. 753 .)

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Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.