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PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970
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6 8 Stat. 1015.
13 USC
41 e(
seq.
26 Stat. 418;
69 Stat. 673. 6 1 Stat. 657.
[84 STAT.
" (F) any college officer or other person connected with the extension department of the college as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate to the Postal Service to the extent that the official mail consists of correspondence, bulletins, and reports for the furtherance of the purpose of sections 341-343 and 344^348 of title 7; "(2) mail relating to naturalization to be sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service by clerks of courts addressed to the Department of Justice or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or any official thereof; "(3) mail relating to a collection of statistics, survey, or census authorized by title 13 and addressed to the Department of Commerce or a bureau or agency thereof; "(4) mail of State agriculture experiment stations pursuant to sections 325 and 361 f of title 7; and "(5) articles for copyright deposited with postmasters and addressed to the Register of Copyrights pursuant to section 15 of title 17. " (b) A department or officer authorized to use penalty covers may enclose them with return address to any person from or through w'hom official information is desired. The penalty cover may be used only to transmit the official information and endorsements relating thereto. "(c) This section does not apply to officers who receive a fixed allowance as compensation for their services including expenses of postage. "§3203. Endorsements on penalty covers " (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, penalty covers shall bear, over the words 'Official Business' an endorsement showing the name of the department, bureau, or office from which, or officer from whom, it is transmitted. The penalty for the unlawful use of all penalty covers shall be printed thereon. "(b) The Postal Service shall prescribe the endorsement to be placed on covers mailed under clauses (1)(E), (2), and (3) of section 3202(a) of this title. "§ 3204. Restrictions on use of penalty mail " (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an officer, executive department, or independent establishment of the Government of the United States may not mail, as penalty mail, any article or document unless— "(1) a request therefor has been previously received by the department or establishment; or " (2) its mailings is required by law. " (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit the mailing, as penalty mail, by an officer, executive department, or independent agency of— "(1) enclosures reasonably related to the subject matter of official correspondence; "(2) informational releases relating to the census of the United States and authorized by title 13; " (3) matter concerning the sale of Government securities; "(4) forms, blanks, and copies of statutes, rules, regulations, instructions, administrative orders, and int<irpretations necessary in the administration of the department or establishment; "(5) a^icultural bulletins; " (6) lists of public documents offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents;
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