40 USC § 17305 - Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money

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title: "40 USC § 17305 - Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "17305"
section_name: "Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)"
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# § 17305. Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money

section 17303 of this title

Stamps, securities, or other obligations of the Federal Government, or money lost, destroyed, or damaged while in the custody or possession of, or charged to, the United States Postal Service while it is acting as agent for, or on behalf of, the Secretary of the Treasury for the sale of the stamps, securities, or obligations and for the collection of the money, shall be replaced out of the fund described in  under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, regardless of how the loss, destruction, or damage occurs.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1282.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 17305 | 40:724. | July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 3a, as added Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 665, § 2, 53 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(m)(5), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 783. |

The words “occurring heretofore or hereafter, but not prior to ” are omitted as obsolete. The words “United States Postal Service” are substituted for “Post Office Department or Postal Service” in section 3a of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (ch. 444), as added by  (ch. 665, ), because of sections 4(a) and 6() of the Postal Reorganization Act (, , 783). The words “Secretary of the Treasury” are substituted for “Treasury Department” because of 31:301(b).