39 U.S.C. § 413 — Postal services at diplomatic posts

Page 27 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). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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. § 413. Postal services at diplomatic posts (a) The Postal Service and the Department of State may enter into 1 or more agreements for field testing to ascertain the feasibility of pro- viding postal services through personnel pro- vided 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 es- tablished under section 406. (b) To the extent that the Postal Service and the Department of State conclude it to be fea- sible and in the public interest, the Postal Serv- ice 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 des- ignated 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 re- quired under subsection (c); (2) provisions authorizing the Postal Service to terminate the agreement, and the services provided thereunder, in the event that the De- partment of State does not comply with the provisions under paragraph (1); and (3) any other provisions which may be nec- essary, 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. (Added Pub. L. 101–524, § 5(a), Nov. 6, 1990, 104 Stat. 2303.) § 414. Special postage stamps (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 accord- ance 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 estab- lished under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this sec- tion 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 De- fense. 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.