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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "39 U.S.C. § 5007"
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description: "Free transportation of postal employees"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 39
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title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
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chapter_number: "50"
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chapter_name: "GENERAL"
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section: "5007"
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citation: "39 U.S.C. § 5007"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 5007 - Free transportation of postal employees
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## Text
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(a) Each person or carrier engaged in the transportation of mail shall carry on any vessel, train, motor vehicle, or aircraft he operates, upon exhibiting their credentials and without extra charge therefor, persons on duty in charge of the mails or when traveling to and from such duty.
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(b) (1) In this subsection, “air carrier” and “aircraft” have the same meanings given those terms in section 40102(a) of title 49.
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(2) An air carrier engaged in transporting mail shall carry without charge on any plane it operates those agents and officers of the Postal Service traveling on official business related to transporting mail by aircraft, as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of Transportation, on exhibiting credentials.
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(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 768; Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(g)(1), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1364.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–272 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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