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Timestamp: 2020-08-13 04:13:43
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3622', '§201', '§10', '§5', '§1', '§201']

[USC02] 39 USC 3622: Modern rate regulation
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39 USC 3622: Modern rate regulation Text contains those laws in effect on August 12, 2020
(a) Authority Generally.-The Postal Regulatory Commission shall, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, by regulation establish (and may from time to time thereafter by regulation revise) a modern system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products.
(b) Objectives.-Such system shall be designed to achieve the following objectives, each of which shall be applied in conjunction with the others:
(c) Factors.-In establishing or revising such system, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall take into account-
(10) the desirability of special classifications for both postal users and the Postal Service in accordance with the policies of this title, including agreements between the Postal Service and postal users, when available on public and reasonable terms to similarly situated mailers, that-
(d) Requirements.-
(1) In general.-The system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products shall-
(C) not later than 45 days before the implementation of any adjustment in rates under this section, including adjustments made under subsection (c)(10)-
(A) Classes of mail.-Except as provided under subparagraph (C), the annual limitations under paragraph (1)(A) shall apply to a class of mail, as defined in the Domestic Mail Classification Schedule as in effect on the date of enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.
(B) Rounding of rates and fees.-Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Postal Service from rounding rates and fees to the nearest whole integer, if the effect of such rounding does not cause the overall rate increase for any class to exceed the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
(C) Use of unused rate authority.-
(i) Definition.-In this subparagraph, the term "unused rate adjustment authority" means the difference between-
(ii) Authority.-Subject to clause (iii), the Postal Service may use any unused rate adjustment authority for any of the 5 years following the year such authority occurred.
(iii) Limitations.-In exercising the authority under clause (ii) in any year, the Postal Service-
(3) Review.-Ten years after the date of enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act and as appropriate thereafter, the Commission shall review the system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products established under this section to determine if the system is achieving the objectives in subsection (b), taking into account the factors in subsection (c). If the Commission determines, after notice and opportunity for public comment, that the system is not achieving the objectives in subsection (b), taking into account the factors in subsection (c), the Commission may, by regulation, make such modification or adopt such alternative system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products as necessary to achieve the objectives.
(e) Workshare Discounts.-
(1) Definition.-In this subsection, the term "workshare discount" refers to rate discounts provided to mailers for the presorting, prebarcoding, handling, or transportation of mail, as further defined by the Postal Regulatory Commission under subsection (a).
(2) Scope.-The Postal Regulatory Commission shall ensure that such discounts do not exceed the cost that the Postal Service avoids as a result of workshare activity, unless-
(A) the discount is-
(B) the amount of the discount above costs avoided-
(3) Limitation.-Nothing in this subsection shall require that a work share discount be reduced or eliminated if the reduction or elimination of the discount would-
(4) Report.-Whenever the Postal Service establishes a workshare discount rate, the Postal Service shall, at the time it publishes the workshare discount rate, submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission a detailed report that-
(f) Transition Rule.-For the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, rates and classes for market-dominant products shall remain subject to modification in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and section 407, as such provisions were last in effect before the date of enactment of this section. Proceedings initiated to consider a request for a recommended decision filed by the Postal Service during that 1-year period shall be completed in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 36 of this title and implementing regulations, as in effect before the date of enactment of this section.
(Added Pub. L. 109–435, title II, §201(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3201 .)
A prior section 3622, Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 760 ; Pub. L. 94–421, §10, Sept. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 1311 ; Pub. L. 105–241, §5, Sept. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 1573 ; Pub. L. 106–384, §1(a), Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1460 , related to rates and fees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–435, title II, §201(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3200 .