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PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970

[84 STAT.

" (4) limitation of testimony; and "(5) the conduct of the entire proceedings olf the record with the consent of the parties. "(c) The Commission shall transmit its recommended decision in a rate, fee, or classification matter to the Governors. The recommended decision shall include a statement specifically responsive to the criteria established under section 8622 or 3628, as the case may be. "§ 3625. Action of the Governors " (a) Upon receiving a recommended decision from the Postal Rate (Commission, the Governors may approve, allow under protest, reject, or modify that decision in accordance with the provisions of this section. "(b) The Governors may approve the recommended decision and order the decision placed in effect. "(c) The Governors may, under protest, allow a recommended decision of the Commission to take effect and (1) seek judicial review thereof under section 8628 of this title, or (2) return the recommended decision to the Commission for reconsideration and a further recommended decision, which shall be acted upon under this section and subject to review in accordance with section 8628 of this title. " (d) The Governors may reject the recommended decision of the (Commission and the Postal Service may resubmit its request to the Commission for reconsideration. Upon resubmission, the request shall be reconsidered, and a further recommended decision of the Commission shall be acted upon under this section and subject to review in accordance with section 8268 of this title. However, with the unanimous written concurrence of all of the Governors then holding office, the (xovernors may modify any such further recommended decision of the Commission under this subsection if the Governors expressly find that (1) such modification is in accord with the record and the policies of this chapter, and (2) the rates recommended by the Commission are not adequate to provide sufficient total revenues so that total estimated income and appropriations will equal as nearly as practicable estimated total costs. "(e) The decision of the Governors to approve, allow under protest, reject, or modify a recommended decision of the Commission shall be in writing and shall include an estimate of anticipated revenue and a statement of explanation and justification. The decision, the record of the (Commission's hearings, and the Commission's recommended decision shall be made generally available at the time the decision is issued and shall be printed and made available for sale by the Public Printer within 10 days following the day the decision is issued. "(f) The Board shall determine the date on which the new rates, fees, the mail classification schedule, and changes in such schedule under this subchapter shall become effective. "§3626. Reduced rates "If the rates of postage for any class of mail or kind of mailer under former sections 4858, 4859, 4421, 4422, 4452, or 4554 of this 620; 74^stat!^672. ^itle, as such ratcs existed on the effective date of this subchapter, are, (m the effective date of the first rate decision under this subchapter affecting that class or kind, less than the rates established by such decision, a separate rate schedule shall be adopted for that class or kind effective each time rates are established or changed under this subchapter, with annual increases as nearly equal as practicable, so that— "(1) the revenues received from rates for mail under former sections 4358, 4452 (b) and (c), and 4554 (b) and (c) shall not, on and after the first day of the tenth year following the effective

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