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[CITE: 39USC3627]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                          PART IV--MAIL MATTER
 
             CHAPTER 36--POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--PERMANENT RATES AND CLASSES OF MAIL
 
Sec. 3627. Adjusting free rates

    If Congress fails to appropriate an amount authorized under section 
2401(c) of this title for any class of mail sent free of postage under 
section 3217 or 3403-3406 \1\ the rate for that class may be adjusted in 
accordance with the provisions of this subchapter so that the increased 
revenues received from the users of such class will equal the amount for 
that class that the Congress was to appropriate.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by ``of this 
title,''.
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(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 95-593, 
Sec. 11(b), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2538; Pub. L. 99-410, title II, 
Sec. 201(b)(3), Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 928; Pub. L. 103-31, 
Sec. 8(h)(3), May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 86; Pub. L. 103-123, title VII, 
Sec. 704(a)(3)(B)(i), Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1269.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-123 substituted ``free rates'' for ``free and 
reduced rates'' in section catchline and ``sent free of postage under 
section 3217 or 3403-3406'' for ``sent at a free or reduced rate under 
section 3217, 3403-3406, 3626, or 3629 of this title,'' in text.
    Pub. L. 103-31 substituted ``3626, or 3629 of this title'' for ``or 
3626 of this title,''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-410 substituted ``3406'' for ``3405'' and struck 
out ``under the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955, or under the 
Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975'' after ``3626 of this 
title,''.
    1978--Pub. L. 95-593 inserted provisions relating to applicability 
of Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendments

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-123 applicable with respect to rates for 
mail sent after Sept. 30, 1993, see section 704(c)(1) of Pub. L. 103-
123, set out as a note under section 3626 of this title.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-31 effective (1) with respect to a State 
that, on May 20, 1993, has a provision in the constitution of the State 
that would preclude compliance with section 1973gg et seq. of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare, unless the State maintained separate 
Federal and State official lists of eligible voters, on the later of 
Jan. 1, 1996, or the date that is 120 days after the date by which, 
under the constitution of the State as in effect on May 20, 1993, it 
would be legally possible to adopt and place into effect any amendments 
to the constitution of the State that are necessary to permit compliance 
with section 1973gg et seq. of Title 42 without requiring a special 
election, and (2) with respect to a State not described above, on Jan. 
1, 1995, see section 13 of Pub. L. 103-31, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 1973gg of Title 42.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-410 applicable with respect to elections 
taking place after Dec. 31, 1987, see section 204 of Pub. L. 99-410, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 1973ff of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3684 of this title.
