[Federal Register: May 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 100)]
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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 3

 
Amendments to Bylaws of the Board of Governors Concerning 
Establishment of Special Rate of Postage Under the Stamp Out Breast 
Cancer Act

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service has 
approved an amendment to its bylaws. The amendment reserves to the 
Governors responsibility to set the special rate of postage for special 
postage stamps pursuant to 39 U.S.C. Sec. 414.

DATES: Effective: April 7, 1998.

For Further Information Contact: Thomas Koerber, (202) 268-4800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board of Governors of the Postal Service 
consists of nine Presidentially appointed Governors, and the Postmaster 
General and Deputy Postmaster General. 39 U.S.C. Sec. 202. The bylaws 
of the Board list certain matters reserved for action by the Governors 
alone. 39 CFR Sec. 3.4. At its meeting on April 6, 1998, the Board 
approved a conforming amendment to this bylaw.
    The amendment gives effect to 39 U.S.C. Sec. 414, as enacted by the 
Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act, Pub. L. No. 105-41, 111 Stat. 1119 (1997). 
Section 414 provides that the Postal Service make available a special 
postage stamp offered at a special rate of First-Class Mail postage to 
enable the public to make contributions to fund breast cancer research. 
The rate of postage for the special postage stamp is the First-Class 
Mail single-piece rate, currently 32 cents, plus a markup not to exceed 
25 percent of that rate category. Subsection (b)(2) of section 414 
vests the Governors of the Postal Service with authority to establish 
the special rate of postage for the special postage stamp ``in 
accordance with such procedures as the Governors shall by regulation 
prescribe.''
    In accordance with section 414, the Board amended Sec. 3.4 of the 
bylaws to insert a new paragraph (i), reserving to the Governors 
authority to establish the special rate of postage.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 3

    Administrative practice and procedure, Organization and functions 
(Government agencies), Postal service.

    Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 3 is amended as follows:

PART 3--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 3 is amended to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 39 U.S.C. 202, 203, 205, 401 (2), (10), 402, 414, 
1003, 2802-2804, 3013; 5 U.S.C. 552b (g), (j); Inspector General 
Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

    2. Section 3.4 is amended by republishing the introductory text and 
adding new paragraph (i) at the end of that section to read as follows:


Sec. 3.4--Matters  reserved for decision by the Governors.

    The following matters are reserved for decision by the Governors:
* * * * *
    (i) Establishment of rates of postage for special postage stamps, 
39 U.S.C. Sec. 414.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 98-13807 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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