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[CITE: 49USC41909]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                   CHAPTER 419--TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL
 
Sec. 41909. Duty to oppose unreasonable prices under the 
        Universal Postal Union Convention
        
    The Secretary of State and the United States Postal Service shall--
        (1) take appropriate action to ensure that the prices paid for 
    transporting mail under the Universal Postal Union Convention are 
    not higher than reasonable prices for transporting mail; and
        (2) oppose any existing or proposed Universal Postal Union price 
    that is higher than a reasonable price for transporting mail.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1156.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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41909.................................  49 App.:1376(h)(2).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  406(h)(2); added Jan. 3,
                                                                          1975,
 Pub. L. 93-623, Sec.  4, 88
                                                                          Stat.
 2103.
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    The words ``necessary and'' are omitted as being included in the 
word ``appropriate''. The words ``each'' and ``all'' are omitted as 
surplus. The words ``transporting mail'' are substituted for ``such 
services'' for consistency in this section. The word ``reasonable'' is 
substituted for ``fair and reasonable'' for consistency in the revised 
title and to eliminate an unnecessary word. See revision notes following 
49:10101.
