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39 U.S.C. § 5005

Mail transportation

United States · Title 39 — POSTAL SERVICE · Status: effective

Transportation & Motor Vehicles
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39 U.S.C. § 5005, Mail transportation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/474104
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The Postal Service may obtain mail transportation service—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 98-443(H.R. 5297)1984-10-04
    Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-88(H.R. 2539)1995-12-29
    ICC Termination Act of 1995
    House: 417–8Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-435(H.R. 6407)2006-12-20
    Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally