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 PUBLIC LAW 101-524—NOV. 6, 1990 104 STAT. 2303 SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF FUNCTIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 39 USC 3001 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. note. The United States Postal Service shall consult and coordinate the functions and administration of the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the functions of the Secretary in the administration of section 428 of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1320b-10). SEC. 5. STATE DEPARTMENT POST OFFICES ABROAD. (a) POSTAL SERVICES AT DIPLOMATIC POSTS. —Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 413. Postal services at diplomatic posts Government "(a) The Postal Service and the Department of State may enter into 1 or more agreements for field testing to ascertain the feasibility of providing postal services through personnel provided by the Department of State at branch post offices established by the Postal Service in United States diplomatic missions at locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406. "(b) To the extent that the Postal Service and the Department of State conclude it to be feasible and in the public interest, the Postal Service may establish branch post offices at United States diplomatic missions in locations abroad for which branch post offices are not established under section 406, and the Department of State may enter into an agreement with the Postal Service to perform postal services at such branch post offices through personnel designated by the Department of State. "(c) The Department of State shall reimburse the Postal Service for any amounts, determined by the Postal Service, equal to the , additional costs incurred by the Postal Service, including transportation costs, incurred by the Postal Service in the performance of its obligations under any agreement entered into under this section. "(d) Each agreement entered into under this section shall include— "(1) provisions under which the Department of State shall make any reimbursements required under subsection (c); "(2) provisions authorizing the Postal Service to terminate the agreement, and the services provided thereunder, in the event that the Department of State does not comply with the provisions under paragraph (1); and "(3) any other provisions which may be necessary, including provisions relating to the closing of a post office under this section if necessary because a post office under section 406 is established in the same location.". (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —The table of sections for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "413. Postal services at diplomatic posts.".

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