§ 2601. — Collection and adjustment of debts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC2601]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART III--MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 26--DEBTS AND COLLECTION
Sec. 2601. Collection and adjustment of debts
(a) The Postal Service--
(1) shall collect debts due the Postal Service;
(2) shall collect and remit fines, penalties, and forfeitures
arising out of matters affecting the Postal Service;
(3) may adjust, pay, or credit the account of a postmaster or of
an enlisted person of an Armed Force performing postal duties, for
any loss of Postal Service funds, papers, postage, or other stamped
stock or accountable paper; and
(4) may prescribe penalties for failure to render accounts.
The Postal Service may refer any matter, which is uncollectable through
administrative action, to the General Accounting Office for collection.
This subsection does not affect the authority of the Attorney General in
cases in which judicial proceedings are instituted.
(b) In all cases of disability or alleged liability for any sum of
money by way of damages or otherwise, under any provision of law in
relation to the officers, employees, operations, or business of the
Postal Service, the Postal Service shall determine whether the interests
of the Postal Service probably require the exercise of its powers over
the same. Upon the determination, the Postal Service on such terms as it
deems just and expedient, may--
(1) remove the disability; or
(2) compromise, release, or discharge the claim for such sum of
money and damages.
(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 744.)
Effective Date
Chapter 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 10601.
