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

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.

1. 1970

   Postal Reorganization Act

   Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719

   Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

   Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754

2. 1973

   Pub. L. 93–191 § 4(a) · 87 Stat. 737

   Changed · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

   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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§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.”.

3. 1993

   Pub. L. 103–123 title IV § 6(b) · 107 Stat. 1226

   1. Amended · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 103–123 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Substituted · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 103–123 substituted “Subject to subsection (b), a former” for “A former”

   3. Added · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 103–123 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–123 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “Subject to subsection (b), a former” for “A former”, and added subsec. (b).

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 103–123, title IV, § 6(c), Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1247, 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.”

4. 1997

   Pub. L. 105–61 title IV § 409(b) · 111 Stat. 1272

   1. Struck · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 105–61 struck out subsec. (a) designation

   2. Substituted · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 105–61 substituted “A former President” for “Subject to subsection (b), a former President”

   3. Struck · 39 U.S.C. § 3214

      Pub. L. 105–61 struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Subsection (a) shall cease to apply—

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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)).”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “(a) Subject to subsection (b), a” and inserting “A”; and (2) by striking subsection (b).

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