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39 U.S.C. § 406 — Postal services at Armed Forces installations
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**(a)** The Postal Service may establish branch post offices at camps, posts, bases, or stations of the Armed Forces and at defense or other strategic installations.
**(b)** The Secretaries of Defense and Transportation shall make arrangements with the Postal Service to perform postal services through personnel designated by them at or through branch post offices established under subsection (a) of this section.
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the use of a post office established under subsection (a) in a location outside the United States by citizens of the United States—
(A) who—
(i) are employed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
(ii) perform functions in support of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(B) if the Secretary makes a written determination that such use is—
(i) in the best interests of the Department of Defense; and
(ii) otherwise authorized by applicable host nation law or agreement.
(2) No funds may be obligated or expended to establish, maintain, or expand a post office established under subsection (a) for the purpose of use described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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**(a)** The Postal Service may establish branch post offices at camps, posts, bases, or stations of the Armed Forces and at defense or other strategic installations.
**(b)** The Secretaries of Defense and Transportation shall make arrangements with the Postal Service to perform postal services through personnel designated by them at or through branch post offices established under subsection (a) of this section.
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the use of a post office established under subsection (a) in a location outside the United States by citizens of the United States—
(A) who—
(i) are employed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
(ii) perform functions in support of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(B) if the Secretary makes a written determination that such use is—
(i) in the best interests of the Department of Defense; and
(ii) otherwise authorized by applicable host nation law or agreement.
(2) No funds may be obligated or expended to establish, maintain, or expand a post office established under subsection (a) for the purpose of use described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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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)**
(1) First-class letter mail having the character of personal correspondence shall be carried, at no cost to the sender, in the manner provided by this section, when mailed by an eligible individual described in paragraph (2) and addressed to a place within the delivery limits of a United States post office, if—
(A) such letter mail is mailed by the eligible individual at an Armed Forces post office established in an overseas area designated by the President, where the Armed Forces of the United States are deployed for a contingency operation as determined by the Secretary of Defense; or
(B) the eligible individual is hospitalized as a result of disease or injury incurred as a result of service in an overseas area designated by the President under subparagraph (A).
(2) An eligible individual described in this paragraph is—
(A) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty, as defined in [section 101 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) a civilian employee of the Department of Defense or a military department who is providing support to military operations.
**(b)** There shall be transported by surface or air, consistent with the service purchased by the mailer, between Armed Forces post offices or from an Armed Forces post office to a point of entry into the United States, the following categories of mail matter which are mailed at any such Armed Forces post office:
(1) Letter mail communications having the character of personal correspondence.
(2) Any parcel exceeding 1 pound in weight but less than 70 pounds in weight and less than 130 inches in length and girth combined.
(3) Publications published not less frequently than once per week and
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**(a)** Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (individually or in bulk)—
(1) shall be carried expeditiously and free of postage; and
(2) may be mailed at a post office established outside the United States under [section 406 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section406&num=0&edition=prelim), unless such mailing is prohibited by treaty or other international agreement of the United States.
**(b)** As used in this section, the term “balloting materials” has the meaning given that term in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
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TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE
§ 404a
‘‘The Postal Service, in making a determination
whether or not to close or consolidate a post office,
shall consider—
‘‘(A) the effect of such closing or consolidation on
the community served by such post office;
‘‘(B) the effect of such closing or consolidation on
employees of the Postal Service employed at such of-
fice;
‘‘(C) whether such closing or consolidation is con-
sistent with the policy of the Government, as stated
in section 101(b) of this title, that the Postal Service
shall provide a maximum degree of effective and reg-
ular postal services to rural areas, communities, and
small towns where post offices are not self-sus-
taining;
‘‘(D) the economic savings to the Postal Service re-
sulting from such closing or consolidation; and
‘‘(E) such other factors as the Postal Service deter-
mines are necessary.’’
1976—Pub. L. 94–421 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1006(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120
Stat. 3258, provided that: ‘‘This section [amending this
section] and the amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to any determination to close
or consolidate a post office which is first made avail-
able, in accordance with paragraph (3) of section 404(b)
of title 39, United States Code, after the end of the 3-
month period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act [Dec. 20, 2006].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 94–421, § 9(b), Sept. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 1311, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by subsection (a) of
this section [amending this section] shall take effect on
the day after the date on which the Commission on
Postal Service tr
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