39 USC § 3681 - Reimbursement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s3681"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "39 USC § 3681 - Reimbursement"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3681"
section_name: "Reimbursement"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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. 764; Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1010(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3261.)"
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# § 3681. Reimbursement

No mailer may be reimbursed for any amount paid under any rate or fee which, after such payment, is determined to have been unlawful after proceedings in accordance with the provisions of sections 3662 through 3664 of this title, or is superseded by a lower rate or fee established under subchapter II of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1010(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3261.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006— substituted “sections 3662 through 3664” for “section 3628”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–10 of the Board of Governors. See , set out as a note preceding .