39 U.S.C. § 3682

Section 3682 · Size and weight limits

Current version, with additions and removals from the August 24, 1982 version.

Current — December 20, 2006

As of August 24, 1982

The Postal Service may establish size and weight limitations for mail matter in the ~~same manner as prescribed~~ for ~~changes~~ in mail ~~classification~~ under ~~subchapter II of this chapter.~~

The Postal Service may establish size and weight limitations for mail matter in the market-dominant category of mail consistent with regulations the Postal Regulatory Commission may prescribe under section 3622. The Postal Service may establish size and weight limitations for mail matter in the competitive category of mail consistent with its authority under section 3632.

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Dec 20, 2006 – presentcurrentviewing
Annual edition
Pub. L. 109–435 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Postal Service may establish size and weight limitations for mail matter in the same manner as prescribed for changes in mail classification under subchapter II of this chapter.”
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Pub. L. 109–435, title X, §1010(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3261.
Aug 24, 1982 – Dec 20, 2006
Annual edition
Pub. L. 97–242 struck out subsecs. (a) and (b) and designation “(c)” before “The Postal Service” and in resulting undesignated paragraph substituted “mail matter” and “mail classification” for “letter mail” and “classification”, respectively. Former subsecs. (a) and (b) had provided that the maximum weight of mail other than letter mail was 40 pounds, that the maximum size was 78 inches in girth and length combined before July 1, 1971, and 84 inches in girth and length combined on and after July 1, 1971, and that the maximum size on mail, other than letter mail, was 100 inches in girth and length combined and the maximum weight was 70 pounds if the mail (1) was mailed at, or addressed for delivery at, other than first-class post offices or on rural or star routes, (2) contained baby fowl, live plants, trees, shrubs, or agricultural commodities but not the manufactured products of those commodities, (3) would have been entitled to be mailed under former section 4554 of this title, (4) was addressed to or mailed at any Armed Forces post office outside the 50 States, or (5) was addressed to or mailed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the States of Alaska and Hawaii, or a possession of the United States including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
changes vs current →
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Pub. L. 97–242, §1(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 300
Sep 27, 1979 – Aug 24, 1982
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 96–70 struck out “the Canal Zone and” after “United States including”.
Source credit
Pub. L. 96–70, title I, §1331(e)(4), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 482
Aug 12, 1970 – Sep 27, 1979
Enacted · full text not held
Source credit
Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 765

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