§ 3013. — Semiannual reports on investigative activities of the Postal Service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC3013]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART IV--MAIL MATTER
CHAPTER 30--NONMAILABLE MATTER
Sec. 3013. Semiannual reports on investigative activities of the
Postal Service
The Postmaster General shall submit semiannual reports to the
Inspector General summarizing the investigative activities of the Postal
Service. One semiannual report shall be submitted for the reporting
period beginning on October 1 and ending on March 31, and the other
semiannual report shall be submitted for the reporting period beginning
on April 1 and ending on September 30. Each such report shall be
submitted within 1 month (or such shorter length of time as the
Inspector General may specify) after the close of the reporting period
involved and shall include with respect to such reporting period--
(1) a summary of any proceedings instituted under section 3005
of this title, and the results of those and of any other such
proceedings decided, settled, or otherwise concluded during such
period;
(2) the number of cases in which the authority described in
section 3005(e) of this title was used;
(3) the number of applications for temporary restraining orders
or preliminary injunctions submitted under section 3007 of this
title and, of those applications, the number granted;
(4) the total amount of expenditures and obligations incurred in
carrying out the investigative activities of the Postal Service;
(5) the number of cases in which the authority described in
section 3016 was used, and a comprehensive statement describing how
that authority was used in each of those cases; and
(6) such other information relating to the investigative
activities of the Postal Service as the Inspector General may
require.
The information in a report submitted under this section to the
Inspector General with respect to a reporting period shall be included
as part of the semiannual report prepared by the Inspector General under
section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 for the same reporting
period. Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require
that any report by the Postmaster General under this section include any
information relating to activities of the Inspector General.
(Added Pub. L. 98-186, Sec. 3(a), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1317; amended
Pub. L. 104-66, title II, Sec. 2211(b), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 733;
Pub. L. 106-168, title I, Secs. 107(c), 110(b)(1), Dec. 12, 1999, 113
Stat. 1813, 1817.)
References in Text
Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in text,
is section 5 of Pub. L. 95-452, which is set out in the Appendix to
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1999--Pub. L. 106-168, Sec. 110(b)(1), in introductory provisions,
substituted ``Inspector General'' for ``Board'' and ``1 month (or such
shorter length of time as the Inspector General may specify)'' for
``sixty days'' and substituted concluding provisions for former
concluding provisions which read as follows: ``Upon approval of a report
submitted under the first sentence of this section, the information in
such report shall be included in the next semiannual report required
under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).''
Par. (5). Pub. L. 106-168, Sec. 107(c), added par. (5). Former par.
(5) redesignated (6).
Par. (6). Pub. L. 106-168, Sec. 110(b)(1)(A), substituted
``Inspector General'' for ``Board''.
Pub. L. 106-168, Sec. 107(c), redesignated par. (5) as (6).
1995--Pub. L. 104-66 substituted at end ``the information in such
report shall be included in the next semiannual report required under
section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)'' for
``the Board shall transmit such report to the Congress''.
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Amendment by section 107(c) of Pub. L. 106-168 effective 120 days
after Dec. 12, 1999, see section 111 of Pub. L. 106-168, set out as a
note under section 3001 of this title.
Pub. L. 106-168, title I, Sec. 110(b)(2), (3), Dec. 12, 1999, 113
Stat. 1817, provided that:
``(2) Effective date.--This subsection [amending this section] shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 1999],
and the amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to
semiannual reporting periods beginning on or after such date of
enactment.
``(3) Savings provision.--For purposes of any semiannual reporting
period preceding the first semiannual reporting period referred to in
paragraph (2), the provisions of title 39, United States Code, shall
continue to apply as if the amendments made by this subsection had not
been enacted.''
