TITLE 39 - POSTAL SERVICE

CHAPTER I - UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

SUBCHAPTER C - POST OFFICE SERVICES [DOMESTIC MAIL]

PART 111 - GENERAL INFORMATION ON POSTAL SERVICE

111.3 - Amendments to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

  (a) Except for interim or final regulations published as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, only notices rather than complete text of changes made to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual are published in the Federal Register.

These notices are published in the form of one summary transmittal letter for each issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual. A complete issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, including the text of all changes published to date, will be filed with the Director, Office of the Federal Register. Subscribers to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual receive the latest issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual from the Government Printing Office.

  (b) When the Postal Service invites comments from the public on a proposed change to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, the proposed change and, if adopted, the full text of the interim or the final regulation is published in the Federal Register.

  (c) The Postal Bulletin contains the full text of all interim and final regulations published as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and the full text of all other changes to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual that are summarized in the notices published under paragraph (a) of this section, except for nonsubstantive changes and corrections of typographical errors. The Postal Bulletin is a biweekly document issued by the Postal Service to amend and revise policies and procedures. A 1-year subscription to the Postal Bulletin and certain back copies can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 204029371.

  (d) Interim regulations published in full text or referenced as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, are published, as appropriate, in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual in full text or referenced at the place where they would appear if they become final regulations.

  (e) Announcements of changes to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual not published in the Federal Register as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section and not published in the Postal Bulletin as provided in paragraph (c) are not deemed final under the provisions of this part 111.

  (f) For references to amendments to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual adopted under paragraph (b) of this section after issuance of the most recent transmittal letter (termed Summary of Changes in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual) listed below, see 111.3 in the List of CFR Sections affected at the end of this volume.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federal Register Transmittal letter for issue Dated publication ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1............................... July 30, 1979..... 44 FR 39742.

2............................... May 15, 1980...... 45 FR 42616.

3............................... July 30, 1980..... 45 FR 73925.

4............................... Oct. 1, 1980...... 46 FR 10154.

5............................... Mar. 1, 1981...... 46 FR 25446.

6............................... July 7, 1981...... 46 FR 58079.

7............................... Nov. 1, 1981...... 47 FR 8179.

8............................... Jan. 21, 1982..... 47 FR 8358.

9............................... May 1, 1982....... 47 FR 27266.

10.............................. Aug. 1, 1982...... 47 FR 43952.

11.............................. Jan. 20, 1983..... 48 FR 10649.

13.............................. Dec. 29, 1983..... 49 FR 18304.

14.............................. Apr. 12, 1984..... 49 FR 26228.

15.............................. July 12, 1984..... 49 FR 33248.

16.............................. Sept. 27, 1984.... 49 FR 47232.

17.............................. Dec. 20, 1984..... 50 FR 5580.

18.............................. Feb. 21, 1985..... 50 FR 12019.

19.............................. June 7, 1985...... 50 FR 30834.

20.............................. Nov. 14, 1985..... 51 FR 8495.

21.............................. Sept. 4, 1986..... 51 FR 43910.

22.............................. Jan.22, 1987...... 52 FR 10750.

23.............................. May 1, 1987....... 52 FR 23981.

24.............................. Sept. 20, 1987.... 52 FR 34778.

25.............................. Dec. 20, 1987..... 52 FR 48437.

26.............................. April 3, 1988..... 53 FR 18557.

27.............................. June 19, 1988..... 53 FR 21821.

28.............................. Sept. 18, 1988.... 53 FR 35315.

29.............................. Dec.18, 1988...... 53 FR 49658.

30.............................. Mar. 19, 1989..... 54 FR 9212.

31.............................. June 18, 1989..... 54 FR 27880.

32.............................. Sept. 17, 1989.... 54 FR 37795.

33.............................. Dec. 17, 1989..... 54 FR 50619.

34.............................. Mar. 18, 1990..... 55 FR 10061.

35.............................. June 17, 1990..... 55 FR 24561.

36.............................. Sept. 16, 1990.... 55 FR 40658.

37.............................. Dec. 16, 1990..... 56 FR 1112.

38.............................. Feb. 24, 1991..... 56 FR 11513.

39.............................. June 16, 1991..... 56 FR 56015 40.............................. September 15, 1991 56 FR 56013 41.............................. December 15, 1991. 57 FR 21611 42.............................. March 15, 1992.... 57 FR 21613 43.............................. June 21, 1992..... 57 FR 37884 44.............................. September 20, 1992 61 FR 67218 45.............................. December 20, 1992. 61 FR 67218 46.............................. July 1, 1993...... 61 FR 67218 47.............................. April 10, 1994.... 61 FR 67218 48.............................. January 1, 1995... 61 FR 67218 49.............................. September 1, 1995. 61 FR 67218 50.............................. July 1, 1996...... 61 FR 60190 51.............................. January 1, 1997... 61 FR 64618 52.............................. July 1, 1997...... 62 FR 30457 53.............................. January 1, 1998... 62 FR 63851 54.............................. January 10, 1999.. 64 FR 39 55.............................. January 10, 2000.. 65 FR 1321 56.............................. January 7, 2001... 66 FR 8370 57.............................. June 30, 2002..... 67 FR 46875 58.............................. August 10, 2003... 68 FR 66018 Premier Edition................. January 6, 2005... 70 FR 14535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [45 FR 40115, June 13, 1980] Editorial Note For Federal Register citations affecting 111.3, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.