12 2 STA T .4 2 87PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 40 5—O CT. 1 3, 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–4 0 5 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamends e cti on 5402 o f tit l e 39,U nited S tates C ode, to modif y t h ea u tho r ity relatin g to United States P ostal Ser v ice air trans p ortation contracts, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘Ai rC arria g e ofIn ternationa lM ail Act ’ ’ . SEC. 2 . A IR CARRIA G EO F INTERNATIONAL M AIL. ( a ) C ONTRAC T I N G A U T H ORIT Y . —S ection 5402 of title 39,U nited States Code, is amended by stri k ing s u bsections (b) and (c) and inserting the follo w ing
‘‘(b) INT E RNATIONA L MAIL.— ‘‘( 1 ) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(A) Ex ce p t as otherwise pro v ided in this subsection, the P ostal Service may contract for the transportation of mail by aircraft between any of the points in foreign air transportation only with certificated air carriers. A contract may be awarded to a certificated air carrier to transport mail by air between any of the points in foreign air transportation that the Secretary of Transportation has authori z ed the carrier to serve either directly or through a code - share relationship with one or more foreign air carriers. ‘‘( B ) If the Postal Service has sought offers or proposals from certificated air carriers to transport mail in foreign air transportation between points, or pairs of points within a geographic region or regions, and has not received offers or proposals that meet Postal Service re q uirements at a fair and reasonable price from at least 2 such carriers, the Postal Service may seek offers or proposals from foreign air carriers. W here service in foreign air transportation meeting the Postal Service’s requirements is unavailable at a fair and reasonable price from at least 2 certificated air carriers, either directly or through a code-share relation- ship with one or more foreign air carriers, the Postal Service may contract with foreign air carriers to provide the service sought if, when the Postal Service seeks offers or proposals from foreign air carriers, it also seeks an offer or proposal to provide that service from any certifi- cated air carrier providing service between those points, or pairs of points within a geographic region or regions, AirCa rria geofInt ernationa lM ail A c t .39US C 10 1 note. O ct. 13 ,2 00 8[ S.3 5 3 6]
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