2021 US Code
Title 40 - Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Subtitle VI - Miscellaneous
Chapter 173 - Government Losses in Shipment
Sec. 17305 - Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money

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Citation 40 U.S.C. § 17305 (2021)
Section Name §17305. Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money
Section Text

Stamps, securities, or other obligations of the Federal Government, or money lost, destroyed, or damaged while in the custody or possession of, or charged to, the United States Postal Service while it is acting as agent for, or on behalf of, the Secretary of the Treasury for the sale of the stamps, securities, or obligations and for the collection of the money, shall be replaced out of the fund described in section 17303 of this title under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, regardless of how the loss, destruction, or damage occurs.

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(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
17305 40:724. July 8, 1937, ch. 444, §3a, as added Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 665, §2, 53 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 91–375, §6(m)(5), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 783.

The words "occurring heretofore or hereafter, but not prior to February 4, 1935" are omitted as obsolete. The words "United States Postal Service" are substituted for "Post Office Department or Postal Service" in section 3a of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444), as added by section 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939 (ch. 665, 53 Stat. 1358), because of sections 4(a) and 6(o) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773, 783). The words "Secretary of the Treasury" are substituted for "Treasury Department" because of 31:301(b).

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
SUBTITLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 173 - GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT
Sec. 17305 - Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money
Contains section 17305
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 53 Stat. 1358
84 Stat. 773, 783
116 Stat. 1282
Public Law References Public Law 91-375, Public Law 107-217
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