39 USC § 3209 - Executive departments to supply information
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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s3209"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "39 USC § 3209 - Executive departments to supply information"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3209"
section_name: "Executive departments to supply information"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "MAIL MATTER"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754.)"
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# § 3209. Executive departments to supply information
Persons and governmental organizations authorized to use penalty mail shall supply all information requested by the Postal Service necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter as soon as practicable after request therefor.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See , set out as a note preceding .