2011 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part III - MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION (§§ 2001 - 2805)
Chapter 26 - DEBTS AND COLLECTION (§§ 2601 - 2605)
Section 2603 - Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART III - MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 26 - DEBTS AND COLLECTION Sec. 2603 - Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service |
| Contains | section 2603 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745. |
| Statutes at Large References | 79 Stat. 200 84 Stat. 745 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 89-57, Public Law 91-375 |
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When the Postal Service finds a claim for damage to persons or property resulting from the operation of the Postal Service to be a proper charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under section 2672 of title 28, it may adjust and settle the claim.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)
Charge Against Postal Revenues for Settlement of Claims for Damages and for Losses Resulting From Unavoidable CasualtyPub. L. 89–57, title II, §201, June 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 200, provided in part: “That hereafter settlement of claims, pursuant to law, current and prior fiscal years, for damages, and for losses resulting from unavoidable casualty shall be paid from postal revenues.”
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