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 PUBLIC LAW 106-384—OCT. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 1461 "(B) With respect to the postage for the advertising pound portion of any mail matter under former section 4358(d) or (e) of this title, the 5-percent discount specified in subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the advertising portion exceeds 10 percent of the publication involved.". (d) SPECIAL RULE FOR NONPROFIT STANDARD (A) MAIL.—Section 3626(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(6) The rates for mail matter under former sections 4452 (b) and (c) of this title shall be established as follows: "(A) The estimated average revenue per piece to be received by the Postal Service from each subclass of mail under former sections 4452(b) and (c) of this title shall be equal, as nearly as practicable, to 60 percent of the estimated average revenue per piece to be received from the most closely corresponding regular-rate subclass of mail. "(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the estimated average revenue per piece of each regular-rate subclass shall be calculated on the basis of expected volumes and mix of mail for such subclass at current rates in the test year of the proceeding. " (C) Rate differentials within each subclass of mail matter under former sections 4452(b) and (c) shall reflect the policies of this title, including the factors set forth in section 3622(b) of this title.". (e) SPECIAL RULE FOR LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL MATTER.— Section 3626(a) of title 39, United States Code, as amended by subsection (d) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(7) The rates for mail matter under former sections 4554 (b) and (c) of this title shall be established so that postage on each mailing of such mail shall be as nearly as practicable 5 percent lower than the postage for a corresponding regularate mailing.". SEC. 2. TRANSITIONAL AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS. 39 USC 3622 (a) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NONPROFIT STANDARD (A) °°*^' MAIL.— In any proceeding in which rates are to be established under chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, for mail matter under former sections 4452(b) and (c) of that title, pending as of the date of enactment of section 1 of this Act, the estimated reduction in postal revenue from such mail matter caused by the enactment of section 3626(a)(6)(A) of that title, if any, shall be treated as a reasonably assignable cost of the Postal Service under section 3622(b)(3) of that title.

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