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§ 3214. —  Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC3214]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                          PART IV--MAIL MATTER
 
                  CHAPTER 32--PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL
 
Sec. 3214. Mailing privilege of former President; surviving 
        spouse of former President
        
    A former President and the surviving spouse of a former President 
may send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories 
and possessions as franked mail. Such mail of a former President and of 
the surviving spouse of a former President marked ``Postage and Fees 
Paid'' in the manner prescribed by the Postal Service shall be accepted 
by the Postal Service for transmission in the international mails.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 93-191, Sec. 4(a), 
Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 103-123, title IV, Sec. 6(b), Oct. 
28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 105-61, title IV, Sec. 409(b), Oct. 
10, 1997, 111 Stat. 1299.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-61 struck out subsec. (a) designation, substituted 
``A former President'' for ``Subject to subsection (b), a former 
President'', and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: 
``Subsection (a) shall cease to apply--
        ``(1) 5 years after the effective date of this subsection, in 
    the case of any individual who, on such effective date--
            ``(A) is a former President (including any individual who 
        might become entitled to the mailing privilege under subsection 
        (a) as the surviving spouse of such a former President); or
            ``(B) is the surviving spouse of a former President; and
        ``(2) 4 years and 6 months after the expiration of the period 
    for which services and facilities are authorized to be provided 
    under section 4 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 
    102 note), in the case of an individual who becomes a former 
    President after such effective date (including any surviving spouse 
    of such individual, as described in the parenthetical matter in 
    paragraph (1)(A)).''
    1993--Pub. L. 103-123 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``Subject to subsection (b), a former'' for ``A former'', 
and added subsec. (b).
    1973--Pub. L. 93-191 limited the mailing privilege to nonpolitical 
mail, extended the privilege to surviving spouse of former President and 
provided for acceptance of such mail marked ``Postage and Fees Paid'' by 
the Postal Service for transmission in the international mails.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Section 6(c) of Pub. L. 103-123 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by subsections (a) and (b) [amending this section and provisions set out 
as a note under section 102 of Title 3, The President] shall take effect 
on October 1, 1993.''


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-191 effective Dec. 27, 1972, see section 14 
of Pub. L. 93-191, set out as a note under section 3210 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3201, 3216 of this title.



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