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[CITE: 39USC3683]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                          PART IV--MAIL MATTER
 
             CHAPTER 36--POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES
 
                          SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL
 
Sec. 3683. Uniform rates for books; films; other materials

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the rates of 
postage established for mail matter enumerated in former section 4554 of 
this title shall be uniform for such mail of the same weight, and shall 
not vary with the distance transported.
    (b) The rates of postage under former section 4554(b)(1) of this 
title shall not be effective except with respect to mailings which--
        (1) constitute materials specified in former section 4554(b)(2) 
    of this title; and
        (2) are sent between--
            (A) an institution, organization, or association listed in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of such former section 4554(b)(1) and 
        any other such institution, organization, or association;
            (B) an institution, organization, or association referred to 
        in subparagraph (A) and any individual (other than an individual 
        having a financial interest in the sale, promotion, or 
        distribution of the materials involved);
            (C) an institution, organization, or association referred to 
        in subparagraph (A) and a qualified nonprofit organization (as 
        defined in former section 4452(d) of this title) that is not 
        such an institution, organization, or association; or
            (D) an institution, organization, or association referred to 
        in subparagraph (A) and a publisher, if such institution, 
        organization, or association has placed an order to purchase 
        such materials for delivery to such institution, organization, 
        or association.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 94-421, Sec. 12, 
Sept. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 1312; Pub. L. 103-123, title VII, Sec. 706(a), 
Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1272.)

                       References in Text

    Former sections 4452 and 4554 of this title, referred to in text, 
mean sections 4452 and 4554 of former Title 39, The Postal Service, 
prior to the general revision and reenactment of Title 39 by Pub. L. 91-
375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-123 amended subsec. (b) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``The rates for mail 
matter specified in former section 4554(a)(1) or 4554(b)(2)(A) of this 
title, when mailed from a publisher or a distributor to a school, 
college, university, or library, shall be the rate currently in effect 
for such mail matter under the provisions of former section 4554(b)(1) 
of this title.''
    1976--Pub. L. 94-421 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Section 706(b) of Pub. L. 103-123 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect 
to mail sent after September 30, 1993.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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