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[CITE: 39USC2007]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
            PART III--MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                           CHAPTER 20--FINANCE
 
Sec. 2007. Public debt character of the obligations of the 
        Postal Service
        
    For the purpose of any purchase of the obligations of the Postal 
Service, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public 
debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued 
under chapter 31 of title 31, as now or hereafter in force, and the 
purposes for which securities may be issued under chapter 31 of title 
31, as now or hereafter in force, are extended to include any purchases 
of the obligations of the Postal Service under this chapter. The 
Secretary of the Treasury may, at any time, sell any of the obligations 
of the Postal Service acquired by him under this chapter. All 
redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the obligations of 
the Postal Service shall be treated as public debt transactions of the 
United States.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 97-452, Sec. 2(f), 
Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2479.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 97-452 substituted ``chapter 31 of title 31'' for 
``the Second Liberty Bond Act'' wherever appearing.
