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39 U.S.C. § 414 — Special postage stamps
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**(a)** In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for breast cancer research, the Postal Service shall establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail under this section.
**(b)** The rate of postage established under this section—
(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate of postage, plus a differential of not less than 15 percent;
(2) shall be set by the Governors in accordance with such procedures as the Governors shall by regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under chapter 36); and
(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the regular first-class rate of postage.
The use of the special rate of postage established under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.
**(c)**
(1) Of the amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section, the Postal Service shall pay—
(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of Health; and
(B) the remainder to the Department of Defense.
Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be made under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this section, except that, under those arrangements, payments to such agency shall be made at least twice a year. An agency that receives amounts from the Postal Service under this paragraph shall use the amounts for breast cancer research.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term “amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section” means—
(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that it would not have received but for the enactment of t
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**(a)** In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for breast cancer research, the Postal Service shall establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail under this section.
**(b)** The rate of postage established under this section—
(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate of postage, plus a differential of not less than 15 percent;
(2) shall be set by the Governors in accordance with such procedures as the Governors shall by regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under chapter 36); and
(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the regular first-class rate of postage.
The use of the special rate of postage established under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.
**(c)**
(1) Of the amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section, the Postal Service shall pay—
(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of Health; and
(B) the remainder to the Department of Defense.
Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be made under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this section, except that, under those arrangements, payments to such agency shall be made at least twice a year. An agency that receives amounts from the Postal Service under this paragraph shall use the amounts for breast cancer research.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term “amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section” means—
(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that it would not have received but for the enactment of this section, reduced by
(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out this section, including those attributable to the printing, sale, and distribution of stamps under this section,
as determined by the Postal Service under regulations that it shall prescribe.
**(d)** It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in this section should—
(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease in total funds received by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, or any other agency of the Government (or any component or program thereof) below the level that would otherwise have been received but for the enactment of this section; or
(2) affect regular first-class rates of postage or any other regular rates of postage.
**(e)** Special postage stamps under this section shall be made available to the public beginning on such date as the Postal Service shall by regulation prescribe, but in no event later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this section.
**(f)** The Postmaster General shall include in each report rendered under section 2402 with respect to any period during any portion of which this section is in effect information concerning the operation of this section, except that, at a minimum, each shall include—
(1) the total amount described in subsection (c)(2)(A) which was received by the Postal Service during the period covered by such report; and
(2) of the amount under paragraph (1), how much (in the aggregate and by category) was required for the purposes described in subsection (c)(2)(B).
**(g)** For purposes of section 416 (including any regulation prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the special postage stamp issued under this section shall not apply to any limitation relating to whether more than 1 semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time.
**(h)** This section shall cease to be effective after December 31, 2027.
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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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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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