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8 U.S.C. § 1456 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(c), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708, eff. Sept. 1, 1960
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 345, 66 Stat. 266, related to free transmittal of official mail in naturalization matters. See [section 3202 of Title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3202&num=0&edition=prelim), Postal Service.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 345, 66 Stat. 266, related to free transmittal of official mail in naturalization matters. See [section 3202 of Title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3202&num=0&edition=prelim), Postal Service.
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**(a)** Subject to the limitations imposed by sections 3204 and 3207 of this title, there may be transmitted as penalty mail—
(1) official mail of—
(A) officers of the Government of the United States other than Members of Congress;
(B) the Smithsonian Institution;
(C) the Pan American Union;
(D) the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; and
(E) the United States Employment Service and the system of employment offices operated by it in conformity with the provisions of sections 49–49c, 49d, 49e–49k of title 29, and all State employment systems which receive funds appropriated under authority of those sections.
(2) mail relating to naturalization to be sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service by clerks of courts addressed to the Department of Justice or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or any official thereof; and
(3) mail relating to a collection of statistics, survey, or census authorized by title 13 and addressed to the Department of Commerce or a bureau or agency thereof.
**(b)** A department or officer authorized to use penalty covers may enclose them with return address to any person from or through whom official information is desired. The penalty cover may be used only to transmit the official information and endorsements relating thereto.
**(c)** This section does not apply to officers who receive a fixed allowance as compensation for their services including expenses of postage.
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1456
1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–232, § 305(l), made tech-
nical correction to Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(19)(A)(i). See
1990 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–232, § 309(b)(14), which pro-
vided for a clarifying amendment to subsec. (c), could
not be executed, because the phrase which was to be
amended did not appear after the amendment by Pub.
L. 102–232, § 309(a)(1)(A)(ii), see below.
Pub. L. 102–232, § 309(a)(1)(A)(ii), amended Pub. L.
100–459. See 1988 Amendment note for subsec. (g) below.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–232, § 102(b)(3), added subsec.
(f).
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(19)(A)(i), as
amended by Pub. L. 102–232, § 305(l), substituted ‘‘The
Attorney General’’ for ‘‘The clerk of court’’.
Subsec.
(a)(1).
Pub.
L.
101–649,
§ 407(c)(20),
(d)(19)(A)(ii), (iii), substituted ‘‘an application’’ for ‘‘a
petition’’ and ‘‘application’’ for ‘‘petition’’, struck out
‘‘final’’ before ‘‘hearing’’, and substituted ‘‘the Attor-
ney General’’ for ‘‘the naturalization court’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(19)(B), (C), (F), re-
designated subsec. (g) as (c), struck out ‘‘, and all fees
paid over to the Attorney General by clerks of courts
under the provisions of this subchapter,’’ before ‘‘shall
be deposited by’’ and ‘‘or by the clerks of the courts’’
before ‘‘from applicants residing in’’, and struck out
former subsec. (c) which read as follows: ‘‘The clerk of
any naturalization court specified in subsection (a) of
section 1421 of this title (except the courts specified in
subsection (d) of this section) shall account for and pay
over to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to
the sum of $40,000, and all fees in excess of $40,000, col-
lected by any such cler
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