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[CITE: 22USC3741]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                       Part 3--Funds and Accounts
 
                       subpart iv--postal matters
 
Sec. 3741. Postal service


(a) Possession or administration of funds by Commission

    The Commission shall take possession of and administer the funds of 
the Canal Zone postal service and shall assume its obligations.

(b) Expiration of responsibility for unpaid balances

    Effective December 1, 1999, neither the Commission nor the United 
States Government shall be responsible for the distribution of any 
accumulated unpaid balances relating to Canal Zone postal-savings 
deposits, postal-savings certificates, and postal money orders.

(c) Mail addressed to Canal Zone from or through United States

    Mail addressed to the Canal Zone from or through the continental 
United States may be routed by the United States Postal Service to the 
military post offices of the United States Armed Forces in the Republic 
of Panama. Such military post offices shall provide the required 
directory services and shall accept such mail to the extent permitted 
under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements. The 
Commission shall furnish personnel, records, and other services to such 
military post offices to assure wherever appropriate the distribution, 
rerouting, or return of such mail.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1331, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 481, 482; 
Pub. L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXV, Sec. 3543, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2867.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 reenacted section catchline without change and 
amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text was comprised of 
subsecs. (a) to (d) of section 1331 of Pub. L. 96-70 which provided for 
discontinuation of postal service under former Canal Zone Code, savings 
provision, possession and administration of postal funds by Commission, 
and handling of mail addressed to the Canal Zone. Prior to amendment, 
section 1331 also contained a subsec. (e) which amended sections 403, 
3401, 3402, and 3682 of Title 39, Postal Service.
