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[CITE: 39USC5006]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                     PART V--TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL
 
                           CHAPTER 50--GENERAL
 
Sec. 5006. Lien on compensation of contractor

    (a) A person who--
        (1) performs service for a contractor or subcontractor in the 
    transportation of mail;
        (2) files his contract for service with the Postal Service; and
        (3) files satisfactory evidence of performance with the Postal 
    Service;

shall have a lien on money due the contractor or subcontractor for the 
service.
    (b) The Postal Service may pay the person establishing a lien under 
subsection (a) of this section the sum due him, when the contractor or 
subcontractor fails to pay the person the amount of his lien within 2 
months after the expiration of the month in which the service was 
performed. It shall charge the amount so paid to the contract. The 
payments may not exceed the annual rate of pay of the contractor or 
subcontractor.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 767.)
