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PUBLIC LAW 89-315-NOV. 1, 1965

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Public Law 89-315 AN ACT

November 1, 19 65

To amend title 39, Unite<l States Code, to provide certain mailing privileges with respect to members of the I n i t e d States Armed Forces, and fpr ttther purposes.

[H. R. 1.1420]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeritati'ves of the J raited States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 57 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end t hereof the following section: "§4169. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed Forces and of friendly foreign nations shall be carried as airmail, at no cost to the sender, when mailed by— "(1) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty as defined in sections 101(4) and 101(22) of title 10, United States Code, and addressed to a place within the delivery limits of a United States post office, if— " (A) the letter is mailed by the member at an Armed Forces post office established under section 705(d) of this title in an overseas area, as designated by the President, where the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in action against an enemy of the United States, engaged in military operations involving armed conflict with a hostile foreign force, or serving with a friendly foreign force in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent; or " (B) the member is hospitalized in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United States as a result of disease or injury incurred as a result of service in an overseas area designated by the President undei- clause (A): or "(2) a member of an armed force of a friendh' foreign nation at an Armed P'orces post office and addressed to a place within the delivery limits of a United States post office, or a post office of the nation in whose armed forces the sender is a member, if— " (A) the member is accorded free mailing privileges by his own government; " (B) the foreign nation extends similar free mailing privileges to a member of the Ai-med Forces of the United States serving with, or in, a imit under the control of a command of that foreign nation; " (C) the member is servhig with, or in, a unit under the operational control of a command of the Armed Forces of the United States: " (D) The letter is mailed by the menil>er— "(i) at an Armed Forces post office established under section 705(d) of this title in an overseas area, as designated by the President, where the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in action against, au enemy of the United States, engaged iji military operations involving armed conflict with a hostile foreign force, or serving with a friendh' foreign force in an anned conflict in which the United States is iiot a l>elligerent: or"(ii) while hospitalized in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United Stat<^ tis a
 * '(a) First-class letter mail, including postal cards and post cards,

Armed Forces. Mailing privileges. 74 Stat. 660. 39 USC 4151 e( seq.

7 0 A Stat. 3.

77 Stat. 462.

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