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[CITE: 49USC41906]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                   CHAPTER 419--TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL
 
Sec. 41906. Emergency mail transportation

    (a) Contract Authority.--In an emergency caused by a flood, fire, or 
other disaster, the United States Postal Service may make a contract 
without advertising to transport mail by aircraft to or from a locality 
affected by the emergency when the available facilities of persons 
authorized to transport mail to or from the locality are inadequate to 
meet the requirements of the Postal Service during the emergency. The 
contract may be only for periods necessary to maintain mail service 
because of the inadequacy of the facilities. Payment for transportation 
provided under the contract shall be made at prices provided in the 
contract.
    (b) Transportation Not Air Transportation.--Transportation provided 
under a contract made under subsection (a) of this section is not air 
transportation within the meaning of this part.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1155.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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41906(a)..............................  49 App.:1375(h) (1st, 2d, last   Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                         sentences).                      405(h
), 72 Stat. 762.
41906(b)..............................  49 App.:1375(h) (3d sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the word ``disaster'' is substituted for 
``calamitous visitation'' for consistency in the revised title and with 
other titles of the United States Code. The words ``any or all classes 
of'' and ``of compensation'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``from 
appropriations for the transportation of mail by the means normally used 
for transporting the mail transported under such contracts'' are omitted 
as superseded by 39:chs. 20 and 24. The authority of the Postal Service 
under this section is in addition to the authority of the Postal Service 
under 39:5001.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Transportation provided'' are 
substituted for ``operation'' for consistency in this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 41902 of this title.
