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Code · U.S. Code · Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS · CHAPTER 173— GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT · § 17305

§ 17305. Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money

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Stamps, securities, or other obligations of the Federal Government, or money lost, destroyed, or damaged while in the custody or possession of, or charged to, the United States Postal Service while it is acting as agent for, or on behalf of, the Secretary of the Treasury for the sale of the stamps, securities, or obligations and for the collection of the money, shall be replaced out of the fund described in section 17303 of this title under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, regardless of how the loss, destruction, or damage occurs.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)
The words “occurring heretofore or hereafter, but not prior to February 4, 1935” are omitted as obsolete. The words “United States Postal Service” are substituted for “Post Office Department or Postal Service” in section 3a of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444), as added by section 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939 (ch. 665, 53 Stat. 1358), because of sections 4(a) and 6(o) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773, 783). The words “Secretary of the Treasury” are substituted for “Treasury Department” because of 31:301(b).
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  • Pub. L. 107–217
  • 116 Stat. 1282
  • section 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939
  • 53 Stat. 1358
  • Public Law 91–375
  • 84 Stat. 773
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§ 17305
Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–217
Stat.116 Stat. 1282
Actsection 2 of the Act of August 10, 1939
Stat.53 Stat. 1358
Pub. L.Public Law 91–375
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