Title 39 — Postal ServiceRelease 119-73
§5002 Transportation of mail of adjoining countries through the United States
Title 39 › Part PART V— - TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - GENERAL › § 5002
Summary
Allows the Postal Service, if the President agrees, to arrange for a neighboring country’s internal mail to cross U.S. territory from one point in that country to another. The foreign country must pay the cost and must give the same right for U.S. mail to cross its territory.
Full Legal Text
Title 39, §5002
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The Postal Service, with the consent of the President, may make arrangements to allow the mail of countries adjoining the United States to be transported over the territory of the United States from one point in that country to any other point therein, at the expense of the country to which the mail belongs, upon obtaining a like privilege for the transportation of United States mail through the country to which the privilege is granted.
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Effective Date
Section 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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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 5002
Title 39 — Postal Service
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73