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PUBLIC LAW 233—OCT. 30, 1961

(6) for special-handling service; (7) for the issuance of money orders; (8) for notice to publishers of undeliverable second-class mail, for notice of change of address, and for notice to addressee or sender of undeliverable third- or fourth-class matter, or of undeliverable second-class matter mailed at the transient rate. (b) Kegulations issued by the Postmaster General under subsection (a) shall, to the extent prescribed therein, supersede existing laws, regulations, and orders governing the fees for the services covered thereby. JOINT COMMITTEE ON POSTAL SERVICE

SEC. 13. (a)(1) There is hereby established a Joint Committee on the Postal Service (hereinafter referred to as the "joint committee"), to be composed of three members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2) The chairman of the joint committee shall be the chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee of the Senate, and the vice-chairman shall be the chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives. Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original selection. A majority of the members of the joint committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a lesser number, to be fixed by the joint committee, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony. (b) The joint committee, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, shall conduct a thorough study and investigation in respect of the following matters: (1) Postal rates and charges in relation to the reasonable cost of handling the several classes of mail matter and special services, with due allowances in each class for the care required, the degree of preferment, priority in handling, and economic value of the services rendered and the public interest served thereby. (2) The extent to which expenditures now charged to the Post Office Department for the following items should be excluded in considering costs for the several classes of mail matter and special services: (A) Expenditures for free postal services; (B) Expenditures in excess of revenues for international postal services; (C) Expenditures for subsidies for postal services pursuant to law or legislative policy of Congress; (D) Expenditures in excess of revenues, pursuant to the Act of June 5, 1930 (39 U.S.C. 793), not enumerated in the preceding subparagraphs (A), (B), o r (C); (E) Expenditures for services of any character not otherwise enumerated herein which may be performed for other departments and agencies of the Government; and (F) Expenditures which may be justified only on a national welfare basis and not primarily as a business function. (3) Expenditures for the Post Office Department by other Government agencies which should be considered in connection with the cost for the handling of the several classes of mail matter and special services, such as employees' retirement, use of Government buildings, and maintenance services.

Establishment.

Study and investigation.

46 Stat. 523.

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