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39 U.S.C. § 3661 — Postal services
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**(a)** The Postal Service shall develop and promote adequate and efficient postal services.
**(b)** When the Postal Service determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it shall submit a proposal, within a reasonable time prior to the effective date of such proposal, to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change.
**(c)** The Commission shall not issue its opinion on any proposal until an opportunity for hearing on the record under sections 556 and 557 of title 5 has been accorded to the Postal Service, users of the mail, and an officer of the Commission who shall be required to represent the interests of the general public. The opinion shall be in writing and shall include a certification by each Commissioner agreeing with the opinion that in his judgment the opinion conforms to the policies established under this title.
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**(a)** The Postal Service shall develop and promote adequate and efficient postal services.
**(b)** When the Postal Service determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it shall submit a proposal, within a reasonable time prior to the effective date of such proposal, to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change.
**(c)** The Commission shall not issue its opinion on any proposal until an opportunity for hearing on the record under sections 556 and 557 of title 5 has been accorded to the Postal Service, users of the mail, and an officer of the Commission who shall be required to represent the interests of the general public. The opinion shall be in writing and shall include a certification by each Commissioner agreeing with the opinion that in his judgment the opinion conforms to the policies established under this title.
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**(a)** The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people. The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities. The costs of establishing and maintaining the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people.
**(b)** The Postal Service shall maintain an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. The Postal Service shall provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not self-sustaining. No small post office shall be closed solely for operating at a deficit, it being the specific intent of the Congress that effective postal services be insured to residents of both urban and rural communities.
**(c)** As an employer, the Postal Service shall achieve and maintain compensation for its officers and employees comparable to the rates and types of compensation pa
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**(a)** Subject to the provisions of section 404a, but otherwise without limitation of the generality of its powers, the Postal Service shall have the following specific powers, among others:
(1) to provide for the collection, handling, transportation, delivery, forwarding, returning, and holding of mail, and for the disposition of undeliverable mail;
(2) to prescribe, in accordance with this title, the amount of postage and the manner in which it is to be paid;
(3) to determine the need for post offices, postal and training facilities and equipment, and to provide such offices, facilities, and equipment as it determines are needed;
(4) to provide and sell postage stamps and other stamped paper, cards, and envelopes and to provide such other evidences of payment of postage and fees as may be necessary or desirable;
(5) to provide philatelic services;
(6) to investigate postal offenses and civil matters relating to the Postal Service;
(7) to offer and pay rewards for information and services in connection with violation of the postal laws, and, unless a different disposal is expressly prescribed, to pay one-half of all penalties and forfeitures imposed for violations of law affecting the Postal Service, its revenues, or property, to the person informing for the same, and to pay the other one-half into the Postal Service Fund; and
(8) to authorize the issuance of a substitute check for a lost, stolen, or destroyed check of the Postal Service.
**(b)** Except as otherwise provided, the Governors are authorized to establish reasonable and equitable classes of mail and reasonable and equitable rates of postage and fees for postal services in accordance with the provisions of chapter 36. Postal rates and fees shall be reasonable and equitable and sufficient to enable
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TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE
§ 3661
shall be subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 504(g) in the same way as if the Com-
mission had received notification with respect
to such matter under section 504(g)(1).
(Added Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 204(b), Dec. 20,
2006, 120 Stat. 3214.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The effective date of this section, referred to in sub-
sec. (a)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–435,
which enacted this section and was approved Dec. 20,
2006.
SUBCHAPTER V—POSTAL SERVICES,
COMPLAINTS, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior subchapter V was redesignated subchapter VI
of this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
2006—Pub. L. 109–435, title II, § 204(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2006,
120 Stat. 3210, redesignated subchapter IV of this chap-
ter as this subchapter and substituted ‘‘POSTAL
SERVICES, COMPLAINTS, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW’’
for ‘‘POSTAL SERVICES AND COMPLAINTS’’ in sub-
chapter heading.
§ 3661. Postal services
(a) The Postal Service shall develop and pro-
mote adequate and efficient postal services.
(b) When the Postal Service determines that
there should be a change in the nature of postal
services which will generally affect service on a
nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it
shall submit a proposal, within a reasonable
time prior to the effective date of such proposal,
to the Postal Regulatory Commission request-
ing an advisory opinion on the change.
(c) The Commission shall not issue its opinion
on any proposal until an opportunity for hearing
on the record under sections 556 and 557 of title
5 has been accorded to the Postal Service, users
of the mail, and an officer of the Commission
who shall be required to represent the interests
of the general public. The opinion shal
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