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Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference

---
identifier: "/us/fr/2024-04421"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2024-04421"
section_name: "Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference"
positive_law: false
currency: "2024-03-04"
last_updated: "2024-03-04"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Postal Service"
document_number: "2024-04421"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2024-03-04"
agencies:
  - "Postal Service"
cfr_references:
  - "39 CFR Part 111"
fr_citation: "89 FR 15474"
fr_volume: 89
effective_date: "2024-03-04"
fr_action: "Final rule."
---

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

**AGENCY:**

Postal Service <sub>TM</sub> .

**ACTION:**

Final rule.

**SUMMARY:**

The Postal Service announces the issuance of the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual* (DMM®) dated January 21, 2024, and its incorporation by reference in the *Code of Federal Regulations.*

**DATES:**

This rule is effective March 4, 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 4, 2024.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Dale Kennedy (202) 268-6592.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

The *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual* (DMM) provides the United States Postal Service's official prices and standards for all domestic mailing services. The most recent issue of the DMM is dated January 21, 2024. This issue of the DMM contains all Postal Service domestic mailing standards and continues to: (1) increase the user's ability to find information; (2) increase confidence that users have found all the information they need; and (3) reduce the need to consult multiple chapters of the Manual to locate necessary information. The issue dated January 21, 2024, sets forth specific changes, including new standards throughout the DMM to support the standards and mail preparation changes implemented since the version issued on July 10, 2022.

Changes to mailing standards will continue to be published through *Federal Register* documents and the *Postal Bulletin* and will appear in the next online version available via the Postal Explorer® website at: *https://pe.usps.com.*

**List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111**

Administrative practice and procedure, Incorporation by reference.

In view of the considerations discussed above, the Postal Service hereby amends 39 CFR part 111 as follows:

**PART 111—GENERAL INFORMATION ON POSTAL SERVICE**

**39 CFR Part 111**

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as follows:

**Authority:**

5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101,  401-404, 414, 416, 3001-3018, 3201-3220, 3401-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631-3633, 3641, 3681-3685, and 5001.

**39 CFR Part 111**

2. Amend § 111.1 by revising paragraphs (a)(3) and (b) to read as follows:

§ 111.1

(a) * * *

(3) *Inspection—NARA.* You may view this material at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit *www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations* or email *[email protected].*

(b) The Director of the Federal Register approved DMM, updated January 21, 2024, for incorporation by reference as of March 4, 2024.

**39 CFR Part 111**

3. Amend § 111.3 by adding an entry for “DMM” to the end of table 1 to read as follows:

§ 111.3

| Transmittal letter for issue | Dated | publication |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |
| *         *         *         *         *         *         * |  |  |
| DMM | January 21, 2024 | [Insert 
                                    
                                     citation for this final rule]. |

Sarah E. Sullivan,

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.