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Title 39 — Postal Service

Part V · Chapter 56 — Transportation of Mail by Vessel

§ 5601. Sea post service

Statutory text

The Postal Service may maintain sea post service on ocean vessels conveying mail to and from the United States.

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. § 5601

    (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773.)

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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

(Pub. L. 91–375, , 84 Stat. 773.)

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