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PUBLIC LAW 89-725-NOV. 2, 1966

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Public Law 89-725 November 2, 1966 [H. R. 13448]

Postal service. Armed Forces overseas. 79 Stat. 1163.

Air transportation of mail. 79 Stat. 1164. 77 Stat. 462.

72 Stat. 763.

AN ACT To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to mailing privileges of members of the United States Armed Forces and other Federal Government personnel overseas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ai^sembledy That section 41H9(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "First-class letter mail, including postal cards and post cards, shall be carried as airmail, at no cost to the sender, when mailed by—" and inserting in lieu thereof "First' class letter mail, including postal cards and post cards, and soundrecorded communications having the character of personal correspondence shall be carried, at no cost to the sender, in the manner provided by section 4.S08(d)(5) of this title, when mailed by-"; (2) by striking out, in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), "the letter is mailed" and inserting in lieu thereof "the letter or sound-recorded communication is mailed"; and (3) by striking out, in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), "The letter is mailed" and inserting in lieu thereof "the letter or sound-recorded communication is mailed". SEC. 2. Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 4303(d) of title 39, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: "(5) There shall be transported by air, between Armed Forces post offices established under section 705(a) of this title which are located outside the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States, or between any such Armed Forces post office and the point of embarkation or debarkation within the fifty States of the United States, the territories and possessions of the United States in the Pacific area, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or the Canal Zone, on a space available basis, on scheduled United States air carriers at rates fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board in accordance with section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), the following categories of mail matter: " (A)(i) first-class letter mail (including postal cards and post cards), "(ii) sound-recorded communications having the character of personal correspondence, and "(iii) parcels of any class of mail not exceeding five pounds in weight and sixty inches in length and girth combined, which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office; " (B) second-class publications published once each week or more frequently and featuring principally current news of interest to members of the Armed Forces and the general public which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office in an overseas area designated by the President under section 4169of this title; and " (C) parcels of any class of mail exceeding five pounds but not exceeding seventy pounds in weight and not exceeding one hundred inches in length and girth combined which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office where adequate surface transportation is not available. Whenever adequate service by scheduled United States air carriers is not available to provide transportation of mail matter by air in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the transporta-

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