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39 U.S.C. § 413 — Postal services at diplomatic posts
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**(a)** The Postal Service and the Department of State may enter into 1 or more agreements for field testing to ascertain the feasibility of providing postal services through personnel provided by the Department of State at branch post offices established by the Postal Service in United States diplomatic missions at locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406.
**(b)** To the extent that the Postal Service and the Department of State conclude it to be feasible and in the public interest, the Postal Service may establish branch post offices at United States diplomatic missions in locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406, and the Department of State may enter into an agreement with the Postal Service to perform postal services at such branch post offices through personnel designated by the Department of State.
**(c)** The Department of State shall reimburse the Postal Service for any amounts, determined by the Postal Service, equal to the additional costs incurred by the Postal Service, including transportation costs, incurred by the Postal Service in the performance of its obligations under any agreement entered into under this section.
**(d)** Each agreement entered into under this section shall include—
(1) provisions under which the Department of State shall make any reimbursements required under subsection (c);
(2) provisions authorizing the Postal Service to terminate the agreement, and the services provided thereunder, in the event that the Department of State does not comply with the provisions under paragraph (1); and
(3) any other provisions which may be necessary, including provisions relating to the closing of a post office under this section if necessary because a post o
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**(a)** The Postal Service and the Department of State may enter into 1 or more agreements for field testing to ascertain the feasibility of providing postal services through personnel provided by the Department of State at branch post offices established by the Postal Service in United States diplomatic missions at locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406.
**(b)** To the extent that the Postal Service and the Department of State conclude it to be feasible and in the public interest, the Postal Service may establish branch post offices at United States diplomatic missions in locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406, and the Department of State may enter into an agreement with the Postal Service to perform postal services at such branch post offices through personnel designated by the Department of State.
**(c)** The Department of State shall reimburse the Postal Service for any amounts, determined by the Postal Service, equal to the additional costs incurred by the Postal Service, including transportation costs, incurred by the Postal Service in the performance of its obligations under any agreement entered into under this section.
**(d)** Each agreement entered into under this section shall include—
(1) provisions under which the Department of State shall make any reimbursements required under subsection (c);
(2) provisions authorizing the Postal Service to terminate the agreement, and the services provided thereunder, in the event that the Department of State does not comply with the provisions under paragraph (1); and
(3) any other provisions which may be necessary, including provisions relating to the closing of a post office under this section if necessary because a post office under section 406 is established in the same location.
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**(a)** Matter the deposit of which in the mails is punishable under section 1302, 1341, 1342, 1461, 1463, 1715, 1716, 1717, or 1738 11 See References in Text note below. of title 18, or section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act is nonmailable.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, nonmailable matter which reaches the office of delivery, or which may be seized or detained for violation of law, shall be disposed of as the Postal Service shall direct.
**(c)**
(1) Matter which—
(A) exceeds the size and weight limits prescribed for the particular class of mail; or
(B) is of a character perishable within the period required for transportation and delivery;
is nonmailable.
(2) Matter made nonmailable by this subsection which reaches the office of destination may be delivered in accordance with its address, if the party addressed furnishes the name and address of the sender.
**(d)** Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails which—
(1) is in the form of, and reasonably could be interpreted or construed as, a bill, invoice, or statement of account due; but
(2) constitutes, in fact, a solicitation for the order by the addressee of goods or services, or both;
is nonmailable matter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Service directs, unless such matter bears on its face, in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printing on its face, in accordance with regulations which the Postal Service shall prescribe—
(A) the following notice: “This is a solicitation for the order of goods or services, or both, and not a bill, invoice, or statement of account due. You are under no obligation to make any payments on account of this offer unless you accept this off
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TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE
§ 414
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Government Publishing Office’’ substituted for
‘‘Government Printing Office’’ in text on authority of
section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note pre-
ceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Docu-
ments.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution
No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of
Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101
of this title.
§ 412. Nondisclosure of lists of names and ad-
dresses
(a) Except as specifically provided by sub-
section (b) or other law, no officer or employee
of the Postal Service shall make available to the
public by any means or for any purpose any
mailing or other list of names or addresses (past
or present) of postal patrons or other persons.
(b) The Postal Service shall provide to the
Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of
the Census such address information, address-re-
lated information, and point of postal delivery
information, including postal delivery codes, as
may be determined by the Secretary to be ap-
propriate for any census or survey being con-
ducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provi-
sion of such information under this subsection
shall be in accordance with such mutually
agreeable
terms
and
conditions,
including
reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the
Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727; Pub. L.
103–430, § 4, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4394.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Pub. L. 103–430 substituted ‘‘(a) Except as spe-
cifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,’’ for
‘‘Except as specifically provided by law,’’ and added
subsec. (b).
Sta
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