§ 3404. Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons

Statutory text

Unsealed letters sent by a blind person or a person having a physical impairment, as described in section 3403(a)(1) of this title, in raised characters or sightsaving type, or in the form of sound recordings, may be mailed free of postage.

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. § 3404
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 758.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 758.)

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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

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 758.)