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Title 39 — Postal Service

Part IV · Chapter 36 — Postal Rates, Classes, and Services

§ 3681. Reimbursement

Statutory text

No mailer may be reimbursed for any amount paid under any rate or fee which, after such payment, is determined to have been unlawful after proceedings in accordance with the provisions of sections 3662 through 3664 of this title, or is superseded by a lower rate or fee established under subchapter II of this chapter.

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. Postal Reorganization Act

    Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719

    Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 3681

    Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 764

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 764

  2. Pub. L. 109–435 title X § 1010(a) · 120 Stat. 3198

    Substituted · 39 U.S.C. § 3681

    Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “sections 3662 through 3664” for “section 3628”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “sections 3662 through 3664” for “section 3628”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Reimbursement.— Section 3681 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking “section 3628” and inserting “sections 3662 through 3664”.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “sections 3662 through 3664” for “section 3628”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–10 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

1970–2006 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 764
  2. 2006Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1010(a), , 120 Stat. 3261.
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(Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1010(a), , 120 Stat. 3261.)

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