Executive departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government of the United States, and organizations and persons authorized by law to use penalty mail, shall account for all penalty covers through the Postal Service.
39 U.S.C. § 3205
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection 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.
- Governors
- "Governors" means the 9 members of the Board of Governors appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, under section 202(a) of this title;
- Postal Service
- "Postal Service" means the United States Postal Service established by section 201 of this title;
- penalty mail
- "penalty mail" means official mail, other than franked mail, which is authorized by law to be transmitted in the mail without prepayment of postage;