Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/3231

 120 STAT. 3200

PUBLIC LAW 109–435—DEC. 20, 2006

SEC. 102. POSTAL SERVICES.

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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (6) and by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘nonpostal service’ means any service that is not a postal service defined under section 102(5). ‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require that the Postal Service provide any nonpostal service, except that the Postal Service may provide nonpostal services which were offered as of January 1, 2006, as provided under this subsection. ‘‘(3) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall review each nonpostal service offered by the Postal Service on the date of enactment of that Act and determine whether that nonpostal service shall continue, taking into account— ‘‘(A) the public need for the service; and ‘‘(B) the ability of the private sector to meet the public need for the service. ‘‘(4) Any nonpostal service not determined to be continued by the Postal Regulatory Commission under paragraph (3) shall terminate. ‘‘(5) If the Postal Regulatory Commission authorizes the Postal Service to continue a nonpostal service under this subsection, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall designate whether the service shall be regulated under this title as a market dominant product, a competitive product, or an experimental product.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1402(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 2170; 42 U.S.C. 10601(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘404(a)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘404(a)(7)’’.

TITLE II—MODERN RATE REGULATION SEC. 201. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MARKET-DOMINANT PRODUCTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking sections 3621 and 3622 and inserting the following: ‘‘§ 3621. Applicability; definitions ‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—This subchapter shall apply with respect to— ‘‘(1) first-class mail letters and sealed parcels; ‘‘(2) first-class mail cards; ‘‘(3) periodicals; ‘‘(4) standard mail; ‘‘(5) single-piece parcel post; ‘‘(6) media mail; ‘‘(7) bound printed matter; ‘‘(8) library mail; ‘‘(9) special services; and ‘‘(10) single-piece international mail,

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