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[CITE: 49USC41907]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                   CHAPTER 419--TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL
 
Sec. 41907. Prices for foreign transportation of mail

    (a) Limitations.--When air transportation is provided between the 
United States and a foreign country both by aircraft owned or operated 
by an air carrier holding a certificate under chapter 411 of this title 
and by aircraft owned or operated by a foreign air carrier, the United 
States Postal Service may not pay to or for the account of the foreign 
air carrier a price for transporting mail by aircraft between the United 
States and the foreign country that the Postal Service believes will 
result (over a reasonable period determined by the Postal Service 
considering exchange fluctuations and other factors) in the foreign air 
carrier receiving a price for transporting the mail that is higher than 
the price--
        (1) the government of a foreign country or foreign postal 
    administration pays to air carriers for transporting mail of the 
    foreign country by aircraft between the foreign country and the 
    United States; or
        (2) determined by the Postal Service to be comparable to the 
    price the government of a foreign country or foreign postal 
    administration pays to air carriers for transporting mail of the 
    foreign country by aircraft between the foreign country and an 
    intermediate country on the route of the air carrier between the 
    foreign country and the United States.

    (b) Changes.--The Secretary of Transportation shall act 
expeditiously on proposed changes in prices for transporting mail by 
aircraft in foreign air transportation. When prescribing those prices, 
the Secretary shall consider--
        (1) the prices paid for transportation of mail under the 
    Universal Postal Union Convention as ratified by the United States 
    Government;
        (2) the price-making elements used by the Universal Postal Union 
    in prescribing its airmail prices; and
        (3) the competitive disadvantage to United States flag air 
    carriers resulting from foreign air carriers receiving Universal 
    Postal Union prices for transporting United States mail and national 
    origin mail of their own countries.

(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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41907(a)..............................  49 App.:1376(h)(1).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          406(h
)(1), 72 Stat. 765; Jan. 3, 1975,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 93-623, Sec.  4, 88 Stat.
                                                                          2103.
41907(b)..............................  49 App.:1376(h)(3).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  406(h)(3); added Jan. 3,
                                                                          1975,
 Pub. L. 93-623, Sec.  4, 88
                                                                          Stat.
 2104.
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).           Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct.
                                                                          4, 19
84, Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  3(e),
                                                                          98 St
at. 1704.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the word ``price'' is 
substituted for ``rate of compensation'' for consistency in this part. 
In clauses (1) and (2), the words ``government of a foreign country or 
foreign postal administration'' are substituted for ``foreign country'' 
for clarity and consistency in the revised title.
