43 CFR 20.509
§ 20.509 Penalty mail and official stationery.
United States · 43 CFR — Public Lands: Interior · Status: effective
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- 43 CFR 20.509, § 20.509 Penalty mail and official stationery, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/209557
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(a) An employee is prohibited from using any official envelope, label, or indorsement authorized by law, to avoid the payment of postage or registry fee on his or her private letter, packet, package, or other matter in the mail (18 U.S.C. 1719).
(b) Official Government envelopes and official letterhead stationery are Government property that may only be used for authorized purposes. Employees' use of Government envelopes to mail their own personal job applications is not authorized.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.