39 USC § 2901 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s2901"
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title: "39 USC § 2901 - Definitions"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "2901"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–318, § 4(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1613.)"
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# § 2901. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Excess property.—** The term “excess property” means any postal property that the Postal Service determines is not required to meet the needs or responsibilities of the Postal Service.

**(2)** **Postal property.—** The term “postal property” means any property owned or leased by the Postal Service.

**(3)** **Underutilized property.—** The term “underutilized property” means a portion or the entirety of any real property that is postal property, including any improvements, that is used—

**(A)** irregularly or intermittently by the Postal Service for program purposes of the Postal Service; or

**(B)** for program purposes that can be satisfied only with a portion of the property.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–318, § 4(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1613.)