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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 39USC3220]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                          PART IV--MAIL MATTER
 
                  CHAPTER 32--PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL
 
Sec. 3220. Use of official mail in the location and recovery of 
        missing children
        
    (a)(1) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 
after consultation with appropriate public and private agencies, shall 
prescribe general guidelines under which penalty mail may be used to 
assist in the location and recovery of missing children. The guidelines 
shall provide information relating to--
        (A) the form and manner in which materials and information 
    relating to missing children (such as biographical data and 
    pictures, sketches, or other likenesses) may be included in penalty 
    mail;
        (B) appropriate sources from which such materials and 
    information may be obtained;
        (C) the procedures by which such materials and information may 
    be obtained; and
        (D) any other matter which the Office considers appropriate.

    (2) Each executive department and independent establishment of the 
Government of the United States shall prescribe regulations under which 
penalty mail sent by such department or establishment may be used in 
conformance with the guidelines prescribed under paragraph (1).
    (b) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards shall prescribe for their 
respective Houses rules and regulations, and shall take such other 
action as the Committee or Commission considers necessary and proper, in 
order that purposes similar to those of subsection (a) may, in the 
discretion of the congressional official or office concerned, be carried 
out by the use of franked mail sent by such official or office.
    (c) As used in this section, ``Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention'' and ``Office'' each means the Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of 
Justice, as established by section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

(Added Pub. L. 99-87, Sec. 1(a)(1), Aug. 9, 1985, 99 Stat. 290.)

                         Termination of Section

        For termination of section by section 5 of Pub. L. 99-87, see 
    Termination Date note below.

                       References in Text

    Section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to section 5611 of 
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.


                            Termination Date

    Section 5 of Pub. L. 99-87, as amended by Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(m) [title VI, Sec. 627(a)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-390, 
1329-430; Pub. L. 102-514, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3371; 
Pub. L. 105-126, Sec. 1(2), Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2542, provided that: 
``The amendments made by section 1 [enacting this section and amending 
sections 3201 and 3204 of this title and section 733 of Title 44, Public 
Printing and Documents] and any guidelines, rules, or regulations 
prescribed to carry out such amendments shall cease to be effective 
after December 31, 2002.''


             Issuance of Guidelines, Rules, and Regulations

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 99-87 provided that:
    ``(a) Guidelines.--The guidelines described in section 3220(a)(1) of 
title 39, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall be prescribed 
not later than ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Aug. 9, 1985].
    ``(b) Rules and Regulations.--The regulations described in 
subsection (a)(2) of section 3220 of title 39, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, and the rules and regulations described in subsection 
(b) of such section, as so added, shall be prescribed not later than one 
hundred and eighty days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Aug. 9, 1985].''


                         Reporting Requirements

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 99-87, as amended by Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(m) [title VI, Sec. 627(b)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-390, 
1329-430; Pub. L. 102-514, Sec. 1(1), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3371; 
Pub. L. 105-126, Sec. 1(1), Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2542, provided that:
    ``(a) General Requirements.--Not later than June 30, 2002, a written 
report containing the matter described in subsection (b) shall be 
prepared by--
        ``(1) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
    and submitted to the President, the President pro tempore of the 
    Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        ``(2) the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and 
    submitted to the President pro tempore of the Senate; and
        ``(3) the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards 
    and submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) Content of Reports.--Each report under this section shall 
include--
        ``(1) an assessment of the effectiveness with which any 
    authority provided by section 3220 of title 39, United States Code, 
    as added by this Act, has (during the period covered by the report) 
    been used, insofar as such authority was subject to guidelines or 
    rules and regulations prescribed by the reporting entity;
        ``(2) recommendations as to whether the authority under such 
    section should, insofar as such authority was subject to such 
    guidelines or rules and regulations, be extended beyond the 
    termination date otherwise applicable under section 5 [set out as a 
    note above]; and
        ``(3) any other information which the reporting entity considers 
    appropriate.''


      Clarification Relating to Coordination of Government Programs

    Section 4 of Pub. L. 99-87 provided that: ``Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the authority provided by section 3220(b) of 
title 39, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall not be 
considered to be subject to the authority of any agency within the 
executive branch of the Government of the United States to coordinate 
programs relating to missing children.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3204 of this title; title 44 
section 733.
