2016 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part IV - Mail Matter
Chapter 32 - Penalty and Franked Mail
Sec. 3206 - Reimbursement for penalty mail service
| 39 U.S.C. § 3206 (2016) |
| §3206. Reimbursement for penalty mail service |
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, executive departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government of the United States, and Government corporations concerned, shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenue out of any appropriations or funds available to them, as a necessary expense of the appropriations or funds and of the activities concerned, the equivalent amount of postage due, as determined by the Postal Service, for matter sent in the mails by or to them as penalty mail under authority of section 3202 of this title. (b) The Department of Agriculture shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clauses (1)(F) and (4) of section 3202(a) of this title. (c) The Department of State shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clause (1)(C) and (D) of section 3202(a) of this title. |
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(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 93–191, §9, Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94–553, §105(e), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–553 substituted "subsection (b)" for "subsections (b) and (c)". Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 94–553 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). Former subsec. (c), directing the Library of Congress to transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to the Library for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clause (5) of section 3202(a) of this title, was struck out. 1973—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93–191 added subsec. (d). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENTAmendment 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. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 93–191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93–191, set out as a note under section 3210 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART IV - MAIL MATTER CHAPTER 32 - PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL Sec. 3206 - Reimbursement for penalty mail service |
| section 3206 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 84 Stat. 753 87 Stat. 745 90 Stat. 2599 |
| Public Law 91-375, Public Law 93-191, Public Law 94-553 |
