An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to codify certain recent public laws relating to the postal service and to improve the Code
PL 87-646 (H.R.10432), enacted 09/07/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-646-SEPT. 7, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
72 Stat. 1120; 
73 Stat. 418. 
Effective date. 
pital against medical advice and is thereafter readmitted to hospital-
ization, such allowance shall be discontinued from the date of such 
readmission for so long as such hospitalization continues." , 
SEC. 3. Section 312(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "three" and inserting in lieu thereof "seven". 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar 
month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act, but no 
payments shall be made by reason of this Act for any period before 
such effective date. The mcreased rate of compensation payable to 
any veteran entitled thereto on such first day shall be further increased, 
for such month only, in an amount equal to three times the monthly 
increase provided for such veteran by the amendments made by 
this Act. 
Approved September 7, 1962. 
September 7, 1962 
[H. R. 10432] 
Public Law 87-646 
AN ACT 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to codify certain recent public laws 
relating to the iwstal service and to improve the Code. 
Postal Service. 
Title 39, U. S. 
Code, amendment 
74 Stat. 578. 
Definitions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the definition 
of "revenue of the Department" contained in section 1 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end 
thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: 
"(v) commissions on toll telephones located in buildings under 
the custody of the Department; 
"(vi) amounts collected from officers and employees of the 
Department on account of payments to them by courts of witness 
fees and allowances for expenses of travel and subsistence in cases 
in which they have been subpenaed to testify in private litigation 
in their official capacities or to produce official records; 
"(vii) money recovered or collected on account of loss of first-
class domestic registered matter which is not restored to the 
original owners." 
Judicial Officer. 
SEC. 2. (a) Chapter 3 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
l)y inserting immediately following "§ 308. Chief Postal Inspector." 
the following new section: 
"§ 308a. Judicial Officer 
"A Judicial Officer, appointed by the Postmaster General, shall 
perform such quasi-judicial duties as the Postmaster General may 
designate. 
He shall be the agency for the purposes of the require-
ments of the Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (chapter 19 
of title 5), to the extent that functions are delegated to him by the 
Postmaster General." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 3, preceding section 301 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
"308. Chief Postal Inspector." 
the following item: 
"308a. Judicial Officer." 
74 Stat. 600. 
SEC. 2A. Subsection (a) (1) of section 2303 is amended by deleting 
"section 4167" in item (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 
4168". 
60 Stat. 237. 
5 u s e 100 1 
note. 
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SEC. 3. Section 3334(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after "positions" the words, "of clerk and carrier." 
SEO. 4. Section 3541 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
,by striking out subsection (h). 
SEC. 5. The Postal Field Service Schedule contained in section 
3542(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE 
"Level 
1 
2 
3 
4 
6 
-. 
6 
-
7 
8 
9 
-
10 
-
n 
12 
-
13 
14 
16 
— 
-
16 
--
17 
— 
18 
19 
20. 
--
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$3,415 
3,670 
3,955 
4,346 
4,606 
4,976 
5,370 
5,790 
6,255 
6,870 
7,560 
8,320 
9,160 
10,075 
11,075 
12,205 
13,605 
16,165 
16,686 
17,200 
2 
$3,545 
3,805 
' 
4,100 
4,606 
4,765 
5,160 
5,565 
5,996 
6,480 
7,110 
7,820 
8,605 
9,470 
10,410 
11,440 
12,570 
13,870 
16,525 
16,945 
3 
$3,675 
3,940 
4,246 
4,665 
4,925 
5,325 
5,740 
6,200 
6,706 
7,350 
8,080 
8,890 
9,780 
10,746 
11,806 
12,936 
14,235 
' 15,885 
17,095 
4 
$3,805 
4,075 
4,390 
4,826 
5,085 
6,600 
5,925 
6,405 
6,930 
7,590 
8,340 
9,176 
10,090 
11,080 
12,170 
13,300 
14,600 
16,245 
6 
$3,935 
4,210 
4,535 
4,985 
6,246 
6,676 
6,110 
6,610 
7,155 
7,830 
8,600 
9,460 
10,400 
11,415 
12,536 
13,666 
14,965 
16,605 
6 
$4,066 
4,345 
4,680 
5,145 
5,405 
5,860 
6,296 
6,815 
7,380 
8,070 
8,860 
9,746 
10, 710 
11,760 
12,900 
14,030 
15,330 
16,965 
7 
$4,195 
4,480 
4,825 
5,305 
6,665 
6,025 
6,480 
7,020 
7,605 
8,310 
9,120 
10,030 
11,020 
12,086 
13,266 
14,395 
15,696 
16,965 
>
> 
SEC. 6. (a) The Rural Carrier Schedule contained in section 3543(a) 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
'RURAL 
CARRIER SCHEDULE 
Carriers in rural delivery service: 
Compensation per mile per annum for 
each mile up to 30 miles of route 
For each mile of route over 30 miles 
Temporary carriers in rural delivery service 
on routes to which no regular carrier is 
assigned: 
Fixed compensation per annum 
Compensation per mile per armum for 
each mile up to 30 miles of route 
For each mile of route over 30 miles.: 
Temporary carriers in rural delivery service 
on routes having regular carriers absent 
without pay or on military leave 
Substitute carrifers in rural delivery service 
on routes having carriers absent with pay.. 
"Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$2,053 
71 
24 
2,063 
71 
24 
(') 
2 
$2,132 
73 
24 
3 
$2,211 
75 
24 
(') 
(0 
4 
$2,290 
77 
24 
5 
$2,369 
79 
24 
(0 
6 
$2,448 
81 
24 
7 
$2,527 
83 
24 
(') 
(0 
"Basic compensation authorized for the regular carrier. 
Postal Field 
Service Schedule. 
74 Stat. 645. 
Rural Carrier 
Schedule. 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 3543 is amended by striking out 
Additional com-
"$5,165 during the period referred to in section 3541(h) of this title, ^i^„""°" P'"^" 
and $5,035 thereafter" and by inserting in lieu thereof "the basic 
salary for the maximum step in the Rural Carrier Schedule for a route 
sixty-one miles in length*'. 
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Fourth Class 
Office Schedule. 
74 Stat. 647. 
SEC. 7. The Fourth Class Office Schedule contained in section 3544 
(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
'Gross receipts 
'FOURTH-CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE 
$1,300 to $1,499.99 
$900 to $1,299.99.. 
$600 to $899.99-... 
$350 to $599.99.... 
$250 to $349.99.... 
$200 to $249.99-.. 
$100 to $199.99.... 
Under $100-
Per annum rates and steps 
$2,979 
2,730 
2,234 
1,737 
1,242 
993 
745 
495 
$3,078 
2,820 
2,309 
1,794 
1,282 
1,026 
769 
511 
$3,177 
2,910 
2,384 
1,851 
1,322 
1,057 
793 
627 
$3,276 
3,000 
2,459 
1,908 
1,362 
1,089 
817 
543 
$3,375 
3,090 
2,534 
1,966 
1,402 
1,121 
841 
659 
$3,474 
3,180 
2,609 
2,022 
1,442 
1,153 
865 
575 
$3,573 
3,270 
2,684 
2,079 
1.482 
1,186 
889 
591' 
Appointments to 
f i e 1 d service 
Detention of 
mall. 
28 u s e app. 
Repeal. 
74 Stat. 662. 
Third class 
mail. 
SEC 8. Subsection (b) of section 3551, title 39, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The Postmaster General may appoint any employee of the 
legislative branch whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and who 
has completed two or more years of service as such an employee, and 
any Member of the Senate or House of Representatives who has com-
pleted two or more years of service as such a Member, to any position 
in the postal field service and may fix his initial rate of compensation 
at the minimum rate of the appropriate level of the basic salary sched-
ule applicable to the position, or at any step of that level that does not 
exceed the highest previous rate of compensation received by him dur-
ing his service in the legislative branch." 
SEC. 9. Section 3552 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c), as follows: 
"(c) Any increase in basic salary granted by law after July 9,1960, 
is not to be an equivalent increase in basic salary within the meaning 
of subsection (a) of this section." 
SEC. 10. Section 4007 of title 39, United States Code, exclusive of 
the catchline, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) In preparation for or during the pendency of proceedings 
under sections 4005 and 4006 of this title, the United States district 
court in the district in which the defendant receives his mail shall, 
upon application therefor by the Postmaster General and upon a 
showing of probable cause to believe the statute is being violated, enter 
a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction pursuant 
to rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure directing the deten-
tion of the defendant's incoming mail by the postmaster pending the 
conclusion of the statutory proceedings and any appeal therefrom. 
The district court may provide in the order that the detained mail be 
open to examination by the defendant and such mail be delivered as is 
clearly not connected with the alleged unlawful activity. 
An action 
taken by a court hereunder does not affect or determine any fact at 
issue in the statutory proceedings. 
"(b) This section does not apply to mail addressed to publishers of 
publications which have entry as second class matter, or to mail ad-
dressed to the agents of those publishers." 
SEC. 11. (a) Section 4157 of title 39, United States Code, is repealed. 
(b) The analysis of chapter 57 immediately preceding section 4151 
is amended by striking out 
"4157. Report to Congress by Postmaster General." 
SEC. 12. Subsection (c) of section 4452 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "six cents" and by inserting in lieu 
thereof "31^ cents". 
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SEC. 13. Section 4554 of title 39, United States Code, exclusive of the 
Educational 
catch line, is amended to read as follows: 
"^eVites! ^'"*" 
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the reg- 
74 stat. 675. 
ular third or fourth class postage rates, or the rate of 9 cents a pound 
for the first pound or fraction thereof and 5 cents for each additional 
pound or fraction thereof, whichever is the lower rate, is the postage 
rate on— 
"(1) books permanently bound for preservation, consisting 
wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading 
matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing 
no advertising matter other than incidental announcement of 
books; 
" (2) 16-millimeter films and 16-millimeter film catalogs except 
when sent to commerical theaters; 
" (3) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; 
"(4) printed objective test materials and accessories thereto 
used by or in behalf of educational institutions in the testing of 
ability, aptitude, achievement, interests, and other mental and 
personal qualities with or without answer, test scores, or identify-
ing information recorded thereon in writing, or by mark; 
'(5) sound recordings; 
" (6) manuscripts for books, periodicals and music; and 
"(7) printed educational reference charts, permanently proc-
essed for preservation. 
"(b) (1) Matter designated in paragraph (2) of this subsection may 
be mailed at the regular third or fourth class postage rates, or at the 
rate of 4 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each 
additional pound or fraction thereof when loaned or exchanged 
(including cooperative processing by libraries) between— 
"(A) schools, colleges, or universities; 
"(B) public libraries, religious, educational, scientific, philan-
thropic, agricultural, labor, veterans', or fraternal organizations 
or associations, not organized for profit and none of the net income 
of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or indi-
vidual, or between such organizations and their members, readers 
or borrowers. 
"(2) The materials mailable under the rates prescribed in para-
graph (1) of this subsection are— 
"(A) books consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly 
bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for 
notations and containing no advertising matter other than inci-
dental announcements of books; 
"(B) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; 
"(C) bound volumes of academic theses in typewritten or other 
duplicated form; 
(D) periodicals, whether bound or unbound; 
"(E) sound recordings; and 
"(F) other library materials in printed, duplicated, or photo-
graphic form or in the form of unpublished manuscripts. 
"(3) Before being entitled to the preferential rates under this sub-
section, the Postmaster General may require an organization or asso-
ciation to furnish satisfactory evidence to him that none of the net 
income inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual. 
"(c) 16-millimeter films, filmstrips, transparencies for projection, 
slideSj microfilms, sound recordings, scientific or mathematical kits, 
instruments or other devices, catalogs of such materials, and guides or 
scripts prepared solely for use with such materials may be mailed at the 
rates prescribed in subsection (b) (1) of this section when sent to or 
from the institutions, organizations or associations listed in (A) and 
(B) of subsection (b) (1). 
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[76 STAT. 
74 Stat. 674. 
Certified mail. 
Mail trans-
portation by rail-
road. 
Copyrights. 
65 Stat. 716. 
74 Stat. 606. 
Effect of laws 
superseded. 
Effective date. 
"(d) The limit of weight on parcels mailed under this section is 
To x)oiinds. 
" (e) The postage rates prescribed in this section shall continue until 
otherwise provided by the Congress." 
SEC. 14. Paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 4552 of title 
39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of 
Hawaii". 
SEC. 15. Subsection (a) of section 4553 of title 39, United States 
(^ode, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii". 
SEC. 16. (a) Chapter 81 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following new section: 
"§ 5013. Return receipts for certified mail 
"The courts shall receive return receipts for the delivery of certified 
mail as prima facie evidence of delivery to the same extent as return 
receipts for registered mail." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 81, preceding section 5001 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by adding the following item: 
"5013. Return receipts for certified mail." 
SEC. 17. Section 6202 of title 39, United States Code, exclusive of 
the catchline, is amended to read as follows: 
"This chapter applies to mail transportation performed by a rail-
road by rail or combination of rail and vessel, or by motor vehicle as 
provided by section 6213 of this title." 
SEC. 18. Subsection (c) of section 6303 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii and". 
SEC. 19. Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 6409 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of 
Hawaii,". 
SEC. 20. The schedule of laws repealed in section 12(c) of the Act 
of September 2, 1960, Public Law 86-682 (74 Stat. 709-730), is 
amended as follows: (1) in the "U.S. Code" title column correspond-
ing to the Act of March 4, 1913, chapter 142, insert "31", and m the 
"U.S. Code" section of the same item, insert "57"; (2) in the "U.S. 
Code" section column corresponding to section 1 of the Act of April 9, 
1958, Public Law 85-371, insert "272a"; and (3) in the "U.S. Code" 
section column corresponding to section 7 of the Act of April 9,1958, 
insert "272a note". 
SEC. 21. The first paragraph of section 8 of title 17, United States 
Code, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
"No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which 
is in the public domain, or in anjr work which w^as published in this 
country or any foreign country prior to July 1,1909, and has not been 
already copyrighted in the United States, or in any publication of the 
United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof, 
except that the Postmaster General may secure copyright on behalf 
of the United States in the whole or any part of the publications 
authorized by section 2506 of title 39." 
SEC. 22. Orders, rules, and regulations in effect under provisions 
of law superseded or amended by this Act shall, to the extent they 
would have been authorized under this Act, remain in force and 
effect as the regulations and orders under the provisions of this Act 
and shall be administered and enforced under this Act as nearly as 
may be until specifically repealed, amended, or revised. 
SEC. 23. (a) This Act shall become effective on November 1, 1962. 
Laws enacted after January 9, 1962, that are inconsistent with this 
Act shall supersede it to the extent of the inconsistency. 
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(b) The sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large enumer-
ated in the following schedule are hereby repealed. 
Rights or liabili-
ties existing on November 1, 1962, under the sections or parts thereof 
repealed are not affected by this repeal: 
447 
Repeals. 
Statutes at large 
Date 
1872—June 8 
1874—Mar. 5 
Chapter 
335 
46 
Section 
15 
Volume 
17 
18 
Page 
287 
19 
United States Code, 
1952 edition 
Title 
5 
5 
Section 
365 
365 
Statutes at large 
Date 
1959—June 23 
July 31 
Aug. 18 
1960—June 11 
J u l y l 
July 1 4 - . 
Public law 
86-56 
86-122 
86-169 
86-507 
86-568 
86-644 
86-673 
86-676 
Section 
2 
3 
1,2 
2 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
Volume 
73 
73 
73 
73 
74 
74 
74 
74 
74 
74 
74 
74 
74 
Page 
89 
1268 
2 268 
390 
204 
296 
296 
296 
297 
3 297 
479 
553 
554 
United States Code, 
1952 edition 
Title 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
39 
Section 
290a-l. 
991. 
782, 784. 
233. 
971. 
972. 
973. 
981. 
292a. 
259b, 259c. 
1 Only subsec. (b) of sec. 2. 
2 Only subsecs. (b) and (c) of sec. 3. 
3 Only subsecs. (b), (c), and (d) of sec. 105. 
Approved September 7, 1962. 
Public Law 87-647 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Federal Power Commission to exealpt small hydroelectric 
projects from certain of the licensing provisions pf the Federal Power Act. 
September 7, 1962 
[S. 1606] 
Be it enoAited hy the Senate and House of Repi'esentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsections 
Federal Power 
(b), (e), and (i) of section 10 of the Federal Power Act, as amended ^"i^ydrolieciric 
(16 U,S.C. 803(b), 803(e), 803(i)), is amended by striking out the p,'oJ«<=t«' "«=««»-
words "one hundred horsepower" in each such subsection and inserting 
in lieu thereof the words "two thousand horsepower". 
Approved September 7, 1962. 
ing. 
49 Stat. 842. 
Public Law 87-648 
A N A C T 
September 7, 1962 
To amend secti(m 815 (article 15) of title 10, United States Code, relating to 
tH- R- 11257] 
nonjudicial punishment, and for other purposes. 
Be It ena-cted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 815 
Armed Forces, 
(article 15) of title 10, United States ('ode, is amended to read as puKmtS.^^ 
f o l l o w s : 
70A Stat.'41.