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[CITE: 39USC2603]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
            PART III--MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER 26--DEBTS AND COLLECTION
 
Sec. 2603. Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal 
        Service
        
    When the Postal Service finds a claim for damage to persons or 
property resulting from the operation of the Postal Service to be a 
proper charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under 
section 2672 of title 28, it may adjust and settle the claim.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)


Charge Against Postal Revenues for Settlement of Claims for Damages and 
             for Losses Resulting From Unavoidable Casualty

    Pub. L. 89-57, title II, Sec. 201, June 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 200, 
provided in part: ``That hereafter settlement of claims, pursuant to 
law, current and prior fiscal years, for damages, and for losses 
resulting from unavoidable casualty shall be paid from postal 
revenues.''
