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Title 39 — Postal Service

Part I · Chapter 4 — General Authority

§ 412. Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses

Statutory text

(a)

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.

(b)

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.

  1. 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. 727

  2. Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–430 § 4 · 108 Stat. 4393

    1. 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,”

    2. 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
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 727
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–430, § 4, , 108 Stat. 4394.
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(Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103–430, § 4, , 108 Stat. 4394.)

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