Title 39 — POSTAL SERVICE

• § 101— Postal policy
• § 102— Definitions
• § 201— United States Postal Service
• § 202— Board of Governors
• § 203— Postmaster General; Deputy Postmaster General
• § 204— General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal Inspector
• § 205— Procedures of the Board of Governors
• § 206— Advisory Council
• § 207— Seal
• § 208— Reservation of powers
• § 401— General powers of the Postal Service
• § 402— Delegation of authority
• § 403— General duties
• § 404— Specific powers
• § 404a— Specific limitations
• § 405— Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps
• § 406— Postal services at Armed Forces installations
• § 407— International postal arrangements
• § 408— International money-order exchanges
• § 409— Suits by and against the Postal Service
• § 410— Application of other laws
• § 411— Cooperation with other Government agencies
• § 412— Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses
• § 413— Postal services at diplomatic posts
• § 414— Special postage stamps
• § 415— Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services
• § 416— Authority to issue semipostals
• § 501— Establishment
• § 502— Commissioners
• § 503— Rules; regulations; procedures
• § 504— Administration
• § 505— Officer of the Postal Regulatory Commission representing the general public
• § 601— Letters carried out of the mail
• § 602— Foreign letters out of the mails
• § 603— Searches authorized
• § 604— Seizing and detaining letters
• § 605— Searching vessels for letters
• § 606— Disposition of seized mail
• § 1001— Appointment and status
• § 1002— Political recommendations
• § 1003— Employment policy
• § 1004— Supervisory and other managerial organizations
• § 1005— Applicability of laws relating to Federal employees
• § 1006— Right of transfer
• § 1007— Seniority for employees in rural service
• § 1008— Temporary employees or carriers
• § 1009— Personnel not to receive fees
• § 1010— Administration of oaths related to postal inspection matters
• § 1011— Oath of office
• § 1201— Definition
• § 1202— Bargaining units
• § 1203— Recognition of labor organizations
• § 1204— Elections
• § 1205— Deductions of dues
• § 1206— Collective-bargaining agreements
• § 1207— Labor disputes
• § 1208— Suits
• § 1209— Applicability of Federal labor laws
• § 2001— Definitions
• § 2002— Capital of the Postal Service
• § 2003— The Postal Service Fund
• § 2005— Obligations
• § 2006— Relationship between the Treasury and the Postal Service
• § 2007— Public debt character of the obligations of the Postal Service
• § 2008— Audit and expenditures
• § 2009— Annual budget
• § 2009a— Budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund
• § 2010— Restrictions on agreements
• § 2011— Provisions relating to competitive products
• § 2201— No postal equipment or supplies manufactured by convict labor
• § 2401— Appropriations
• § 2402— Annual report
• § 2601— Collection and adjustment of debts
• § 2602— Transportation of international mail by air carriers of the United States
• § 2603— Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service
• § 2604— Delivery of stolen money to owner
• § 2605— Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments
• § 2801— Definitions
• § 2802— Strategic plans
• § 2803— Performance plans
• § 2804— Program performance reports
• § 2805— Inherently Governmental functions
• § 2901— Definitions
• § 2902— Property management
• § 2903— Use of funds from sale of property
• § 3001— Nonmailable matter
• § 3002— Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys
• § 3002a— Nonmailability of locksmithing devices
• § 3003— Mail bearing a fictitious name or address
• § 3004— Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address
• § 3005— False representations; lotteries
• § 3007— Detention of mail for temporary periods
• § 3008— Prohibition of pandering advertisements
• § 3009— Mailing of unordered merchandise
• § 3010— Mailing of sexually oriented advertisements
• § 3011— Judicial enforcement
• § 3012— Civil penalties
• § 3013— Semiannual reports on investigative activities of the Postal Service
• § 3014— Nonmailable plants
• § 3015— Nonmailable plant pests and injurious animals
• § 3016— Administrative subpoenas
• § 3017— Nonmailable skill contests or sweepstakes matter; notification to prohibit mailings
• § 3018— Hazardous material
• § 3201— Definitions
• § 3202— Penalty mail
• § 3203— Endorsements on penalty covers
• § 3204— Restrictions on use of penalty mail
• § 3205— Accounting for penalty covers
• § 3206— Reimbursement for penalty mail service
• § 3207— Limit of weight of penalty mail; postage on overweight matter
• § 3208— Shipment by most economical means
• § 3209— Executive departments to supply information
• § 3210— Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials
• § 3211— Public documents
• § 3212— Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress
• § 3213— Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture
• § 3214— Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President
• § 3215— Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful
• § 3216— Reimbursement for franked mailings
• § 3217— Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries of Postal Union of Americas and Spain
• § 3218— Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress
• § 3219— Mailgrams
• § 3220— Use of official mail in the location and recovery of missing children
• § 3401— Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United States
• § 3403— Matter for blind and other handicapped persons
• § 3404— Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons
• § 3405— Markings
• § 3406— Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
• § 3621— Applicability; definitions
• § 3622— Modern rate regulation
• § 3626— Reduced rates
• § 3627— Adjusting free rates
• § 3629— Reduced rates for voter registration purposes
• § 3631— Applicability; definitions and updates
• § 3632— Action of the Governors
• § 3633— Provisions applicable to rates for competitive products
• § 3634— Assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income
• § 3641— Market tests of experimental products
• § 3642— New products and transfers of products between the market-dominant and competitive categories of mail
• § 3651— Annual reports by the Commission
• § 3652— Annual reports to the Commission
• § 3653— Annual determination of compliance
• § 3654— Additional financial reporting
• § 3661— Postal services
• § 3662— Rate and service complaints
• § 3663— Appellate review
• § 3664— Enforcement of orders
• § 3681— Reimbursement
• § 3682— Size and weight limits
• § 3683— Uniform rates for books; films; other materials
• § 3684— Limitations
• § 3685— Filing of information relating to periodical publications
• § 3686— Bonus authority
• § 3691— Establishment of modern service standards
• § 3692— Performance targets and transparency
• § 3701— Purpose
• § 3702— Definitions
• § 3703— Postal Service program for State governments
• § 3704— Postal Service program for other Government agencies
• § 3705— Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services
• § 5001— Provisions for carrying mail
• § 5002— Transportation of mail of adjoining countries through the United States
• § 5003— Establishment of post roads
• § 5004— Discontinuance of service on post roads
• § 5005— Mail transportation
• § 5006— Lien on compensation of contractor
• § 5007— Free transportation of postal employees
• § 5401— Authorization
• § 5402— Contracts for transportation of mail by air
• § 5403— Fines
• § 5601— Sea post service
• § 5602— Termination of contracts for foreign transportation
• § 5603— Transportation of mail by vessel as freight or express
• § 5604— Fines on ocean carriers
• § 5605— Contracts for transportation of mail by vessel