§ 3201. Definitions

Statutory text

As used in this chapter—

“penalty mail” means official mail, other than franked mail, which is authorized by law to be transmitted in the mail without prepayment of postage;

“penalty cover” means envelopes, wrappers, labels, or cards used to transmit penalty mail;

“frank” means the autographic or facsimile signature of persons authorized by sections 3210–3216 and 3218 of this title to transmit matter through the mail without prepayment of postage or other indicia contemplated by sections 733 and 907 of title 44;

“franked mail” means mail which is transmitted in the mail under a frank;

“Members of Congress” includes Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners; and

“missing child” has the meaning provided by section 403(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1970
Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719
Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 3201
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 751
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 751
1985
Pub. L. 99–87 § 1(b) · 99 Stat. 290
Added · 39 U.S.C. § 3201(6)
Pub. L. 99–87 added par. (6)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (6). Pub. L. 99–87 added par. (6).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Definition.— Section 3201 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking out “and”; (2) in paragraph (5), by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof and”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following: “(6) ‘missing child’ has the meaning provided by section 403(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.”. 42 USC 3883.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 403 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, referred to in par. (6), is section 403 of Pub. L. 93–415, which is classified to section 11292 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

Amendments

1985—Par. (6). Pub. L. 99–87 added par. (6).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section 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.

Credits

1970–1985 · 2 acts

1970Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 751
1985Pub. L. 99–87, § 1(b), Aug. 9, 1985, 99 Stat. 291.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 751; Pub. L. 99–87, § 1(b), Aug. 9, 1985, 99 Stat. 291.)