40 U.S.C. § 17305

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 17305 - Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money

Stamps, securities, or other obligations of the Federal Government, or money lost, destroyed, or damaged while in the custody or possession of, or charged to, the United States Postal Service while it is acting as agent for, or on behalf of, the Secretary of the Treasury for the sale of the stamps, securities, or obligations and for the collection of the money, shall be replaced out of the fund described in section 17303 of this title under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, regardless of how the loss, destruction, or damage occurs.

40 U.S.C. § 17305

Pub. L. 107-217, 116 Stat. 1282.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
17305	40:724.	July 8, 1937, ch. 444, §3a, as added Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 665, §2, 53 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 91-375, §6(m)(5), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 783.

The words "occurring heretofore or hereafter, but not prior to February 4, 1935" are omitted as obsolete. The words "United States Postal Service" are substituted for "Post Office Department or Postal Service" in section 3a of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444), as added by section 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939 (ch. 665, 53 Stat. 1358), because of sections 4(a) and 6(o) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91-375 84 Stat. 773, 783). The words "Secretary of the Treasury" are substituted for "Treasury Department" because of 31:301(b).