Title 39 — Postal Service
Part I · Chapter 4 — General Authority
§ 412. Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses
Statutory text
Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law, no officer or employee of the Postal Service shall make available to the public by any means or for any purpose any mailing or other list of names or addresses (past or present) of postal patrons or other persons.
The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address information, address-related information, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.
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.
Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719
Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 412
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–430 § 4 · 108 Stat. 4393
Substituted · 39 U.S.C. § 412
Pub. L. 103–430 substituted “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,” for “Except as specifically provided by law,”
Added · 39 U.S.C. § 412
Pub. L. 103–430 added subsec. (b)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–430 substituted “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,” for “Except as specifically provided by law,” and added subsec. (b).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO SHARE ADDRESS LISTS. Section 412 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “Except” and all that follows through “law,” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address informa-tion, address-related information, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary to be appropriate tor any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.”
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–430 substituted “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,” for “Except as specifically provided by law,” and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , 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
1970–1994 · 2 acts
- 1970Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 727
- 1994Pub. L. 103–430, § 4, , 108 Stat. 4394.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103–430, § 4, , 108 Stat. 4394.)