§ 3206. — Reimbursement for penalty mail 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: 39USC3206]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART IV--MAIL MATTER
CHAPTER 32--PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL
Sec. 3206. Reimbursement for penalty mail service
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, executive
departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government
of the United States, and Government corporations concerned, shall
transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenue out of any
appropriations or funds available to them, as a necessary expense of the
appropriations or funds and of the activities concerned, the equivalent
amount of postage due, as determined by the Postal Service, for matter
sent in the mails by or to them as penalty mail under authority of
section 3202 of this title.
(b) The Department of Agriculture shall transfer to the Postal
Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that
purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal
Service, for penalty mailings under clauses (1)(F) and (4) of section
3202(a) of this title.
(c) The Department of State shall transfer to the Postal Service as
postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose
the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service,
for penalty mailings under clause (1)(C) and (D) of section 3202(a) of
this title.
(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 93-191, Sec. 9,
Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94-553, Sec. 105(e), Oct. 19, 1976,
90 Stat. 2599.)
Amendments
1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-553 substituted ``subsection (b)'' for
``subsections (b) and (c)''.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 94-553 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c).
Former subsec. (c), directing the Library of Congress to transfer to the
Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to the
Library for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined
by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clause (5) of section
3202(a) of this title, was struck out.
1973--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-191 added subsec. (d).
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102
of Pub. L. 94-553, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section
101 of Title 17, Copyrights.
Effective Date of 1973 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14
of Pub. L. 93-191, set out as a note under section 3210 of this title.
