An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide certain mailing privileges with respect to members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and for other purposes
PL 89-315 (H.R.11420), enacted 11/01/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-315-NOV. 1, 1965 
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Public Law 89-315 
AN A C T 
November 1, 19 65 
To amend title 39, Unite<l States Code, to provide certain mailing privileges with 
[H. R. 1.1420] 
respect 
to members 
purposes. 
of the Inited 
States Armed 
Forces, and fi>r ttther 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represeritati'ves of the 
J raited States of Amei'ica in Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 57 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
t hereof the following section: 
"§4169. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed 
Forces and of friendly foreign nations 
*'(a) First-class letter mail, including postal cards and post cards, 
sliall be carried as airmail, at no cost to the sender, when mailed by— 
"(1) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on 
active duty as defined in sections 101(4) and 101(22) of title 10, 
United States Code, and addressed to a place within the delivery 
limits of a United States post office, if— 
"(A) the letter is mailed by the member at an Armed 
Forces post office established under section 705(d) of this 
title in an overseas area, as designated by the President, 
where the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged 
in action against an enemy of the LTnited States, engaged in 
military operations involving armed conflict with a hostile 
foreign force, or serving with a friendly foreign force in an 
armed conflict in which the United States is not a belliger-
ent ; or 
"(B) the member is hospitalized in a facility under the 
jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United States as a 
result of disease or injury incurred as a result of service in an 
overseas area designated by the President undei- clause ( A ) : 
or 
"(2) a member of an armed force of a friendh' foreign nation 
at an Armed P'orces post office and addressed to a place within 
the delivery limits of a United States post office, or a post office 
of the nation in whose armed forces the sender is a member, if— 
"(A) the member is accorded free mailing privileges by 
his own government; 
"(B) the foreign nation extends similar free mailing 
privileges to a member of the Ai-med Forces of the United 
States serving with, or in, a imit under the control of a 
command of that foreign nation; 
"(C) the member is servhig with, or in, a unit under the 
operational control of a command of the Armed Forces of 
the United States: 
"(D) The letter is mailed by the menil>er— 
"(i) at an Armed Forces post office established under 
section 705(d) of this title in an overseas area, as desig-
nated by the President, where the Armed Forcres of the 
United States are engaged in action against, au enemy of 
the United States, engaged iji military o[>erations involv-
ing armed conflict with a hostile foreign force, or serving 
with a friendh' foreign force in an anned conflict in 
which the United States is iiot a l>elligerent: or-
"(ii) while hospitalized in a facility under the juris-
diction of the Armed Forces of the United Stat<^ tis a 
Armed Forces. 
Mailing priv-
ileges. 
74 Stat. 660. 
39 u s e 4151 e( 
seq. 
70A Stat. 3. 
77 Stat. 462. 
funds 
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result of disease or injury incurred as a result of services 
in an overseas area designated by the President under 
clause (D) (i); and 
"(E) the nation in whose armed forces the sender is a 
member has agreed to assume all international postal trans-
portation charges incurred. 
Transfer of 
"(b) The Department of Defense shall transfer to the Post Office 
Department as postal revenue, out of any appropriations or funds 
available to the Department of Defense, as a necessary expense of 
the appropriations or funds and of the activities concerned, the 
equivalent amount of postage due, as determined by the Postmaster 
(jeneral, for matter sent in the mails under authority of subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be administered 
under such conditions, and under such regulations, as the Postmaster 
General and the Secretary of Defense jointly may prescribe." 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 57 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by adding 
"4169. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed Forces and of 
friendly foreign nations." 
immediately below 
"4168. Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries 
of Postal Union of Americas and Spain." 
74 Stat. 665. 
SEC. 2. Sectiou 4303(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
"(3) In addition to parcels to which it is otherwise applicable, 
the eighth zone includes, for purposes of this section only, except 
as provided by paragraph (4) of this subsection, parcels transported 
between the United States, its territories and possessions or the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. 
"(4) The rates of postage on air parcel post transported between 
the United States, its territories and possessions or the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone, and Army, Air Force, 
and Fleet post offices, shall be the applicable zone rates shown in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection for mail between the place of mail-
ing or delivery within the United States, its territories or possessions 
or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone, and the 
city of the postmaster serving the Army, Air Force, or Fleet post 
office concerned. 
"(5) Fourth-class parcels not exceeding five pounds in weight and 
sixty inches in length and girth combined mailed by or addressed to 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States at or in care of 
Army, Air Force, and Fleet post offices in overseas combat areas, as 
designated by the President, shall be transported by air between the 
|x>int of embarkation and the overseas Army, Air Force, or Fleet 
post office on a space available basis on United States-flag carriers 
only, under such conditions and regulations as the Secretary of 
Defense may prescribe and at rates approved by the Civil Aero-
nautics Board for space available parcel service which shall not exceed 
the minimum rates charged for the airlift of military cargo in sched-
uled airline service. 
"(6) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection shall be adminis-
tered under such conditions, and under such regulations, as the Post-
master General and the Secretary of Defense jointly may prescribe." 
Repeal. 
g^,^ 3 (^^\ gection 1040 of title 10, United States Code (relating 
Ante, p. 548. 
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to free postage for the United States Armed Forces in combat zones), 
is hereby repealed. 
(b) The analysis of chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out 
"1040. Free postage from combat zones.". 
Approved November 1, 1965. 
Public Law 89-316 
AN A C T 
November 2, 19 65 
[H. R. 8370] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following A^fcuu^-e"Ind^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Reia^ted Agen"ie 
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related Appropriation 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other pur- "^' ^^^^' 
poses; namely: 
DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to 
control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to per-
form related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work: Provtded^ 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant'to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available 
ss stat. 742. 
for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further^ That appropriations hereunder shall 
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be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided 
further^ 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, 
United States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and 
^s stat. 742. 
repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, 
the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connect-
ing greenhouses) shall not exceed $20,000, except for six buildings 
to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 each, and 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever 
is greater: Provided further^ That the limitations on alterations con-
tained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facilities at 
Beltsville, Maryland: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products; agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition 
and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and related 
research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; 
$123,622,500, of which not to exceed $11,418,000 shall remain available 
until expended for plans, construction, alteration, and improvement 
of facilities, without regard to limitations contained herein, and in