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39 U.S.C. § 3684 — Limitations
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Except as provided in [section 3627 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3627&num=0&edition=prelim), no provision of this chapter shall be construed to give authority to the Governors to make any change in any provision of this title.
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Except as provided in [section 3627 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3627&num=0&edition=prelim), no provision of this chapter shall be construed to give authority to the Governors to make any change in any provision of this title.
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If Congress fails to appropriate an amount authorized under [section 2401(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section2401/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for any class of mail sent free of postage under section 3217 or 3403–3406 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of this title,”. the rate for that class may be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter so that the increased revenues received from the users of such class will equal the amount for that class that the Congress was to appropriate.
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**(a) Presidential designee** The President shall designate the head of an executive department to have primary responsibility for Federal functions under this chapter.
**(b) Duties of Presidential designee** The Presidential designee shall—
(1) consult State and local election officials in carrying out this chapter, and ensure that such officials are aware of the requirements of this Act;
(2) prescribe an official post card form, containing both an absentee voter registration application and an absentee ballot application, for use by the States as required under [section 20302(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20302/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) carry out [section 20303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20303&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to the Federal write-in absentee ballot for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters in general elections for Federal office;
(4) prescribe a suggested design for absentee ballot mailing envelopes;
(5) compile and distribute (A) descriptive material on State absentee registration and voting procedures, and (B) to the extent practicable, facts relating to specific elections, including dates, offices involved, and the text of ballot questions;
(6) not later than the end of each year after a Presidential election year, transmit to the President and the Congress a report on the effectiveness of assistance under this chapter, including a statistical analysis of uniformed services voter participation, a separate statistical analysis of overseas nonmilitary participation, and a description of State-Federal cooperation;
(7) prescribe a standard oath for use with any document under this chapter affir
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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
§ 3683
pursuant to section 3682 of such title, as amended, by
subsection (a) of this section.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see
section 3304 of Pub. L. 96–70, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 3601 of Title 22, Foreign Rela-
tions and Intercourse.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 20, 1971, pursuant to Resolution
No. 71–10 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.
§ 3683. Uniform rates for books; films; other ma-
terials
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title, the rates of postage established for
mail matter enumerated in former section 4554
of this title shall be uniform for such mail of the
same weight, and shall not vary with the dis-
tance transported.
(b) The rates of postage under former section
4554(b)(1) of this title shall not be effective ex-
cept with respect to mailings which—
(1) constitute materials specified in former
section 4554(b)(2) of this title; and
(2) are sent between—
(A) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation listed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of
such former section 4554(b)(1) and any other
such institution, organization, or associa-
tion;
(B) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation referred to in subparagraph (A) and
any individual (other than an individual
having a financial interest in the sale, pro-
motion, or distribution of the materials in-
volved);
(C) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation referred to in subparagraph (A) and a
qualified nonprofit organization (as defined
in former section 4452(d) of this title) that is
not such an institution, organization, or as-
sociation; or
(D) an instit
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