PRIA Logo™
Title 39, Postal ServiceRelease 119-110

§3013 Semiannual Reports on Investigative Activities of the Postal Service

Title 39 › PART IV — MAIL MATTER › CHAPTER 30 — NONMAILABLE MATTER › § 3013

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Postmaster General must send two reports each year to the Inspector General that sum up the Postal Service’s investigative work. One report covers October 1 through March 31 and the other covers April 1 through September 30. Each report is due within 1 month after the period ends (or sooner if the Inspector General asks). The reports must include a summary of proceedings started under section 3005 and their results, counts of cases using the authority in section 3005(e), the number of requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions under section 3007 and how many were granted, the total spending on investigative work, the number of times the authority in section 3016 was used with an explanation of how it was used in each case, and any other information the Inspector General requires. The Inspector General will include that information in its own semiannual report under section 405 of title 5 for the same period. The Postmaster General does not have to and must not include any information about the Inspector General’s own activities.

Full Legal Text

Title 39, §3013

Postal Service, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Postmaster General shall submit semi­annual reports to the Inspector General summarizing the investigative activities of the Postal Service. One semiannual report shall be submitted for the reporting period beginning on October 1 and ending on March 31, and the other semiannual report shall be submitted for the reporting period beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30. Each such report shall be submitted within 1 month (or such shorter length of time as the Inspector General may specify) after the close of the reporting period involved and shall include with respect to such reporting period—
(1)a summary of any proceedings instituted under section 3005 of this title, and the results of those and of any other such proceedings decided, settled, or otherwise concluded during such period;
(2)the number of cases in which the authority described in section 3005(e) of this title was used;
(3)the number of applications for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions submitted under section 3007 of this title and, of those applications, the number granted;
(4)the total amount of expenditures and obligations incurred in carrying out the investigative activities of the Postal Service;
(5)the number of cases in which the authority described in section 3016 was used, and a comprehensive statement describing how that authority was used in each of those cases; and
(6)such other information relating to the investigative activities of the Postal Service as the Inspector General may require.
The information in a report submitted under this section to the Inspector General with respect to a reporting period shall be included as part of the semiannual report prepared by the Inspector General under section 405 of title 5 for the same reporting period. Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require that any report by the Postmaster General under this section include any information relating to activities of the Inspector General.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 405 of title 5” for “section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978” in concluding provisions. 1999—Pub. L. 106–168, § 110(b)(1), in introductory provisions, substituted “Inspector General” for “Board” and “1 month (or such shorter length of time as the Inspector General may specify)” for “sixty days” and substituted concluding provisions for former concluding provisions which read as follows: “Upon approval of a report submitted under the first sentence of this section, the information in such report shall be included in the next semiannual report required under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).” Par. (5). Pub. L. 106–168, § 107(c), added par. (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (6). Par. (6). Pub. L. 106–168, § 110(b)(1)(A), substituted “Inspector General” for “Board”. Pub. L. 106–168, § 107(c), redesignated par. (5) as (6). 1995—Pub. L. 104–66 substituted at end “the information in such report shall be included in the next semiannual report required under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)” for “the Board shall transmit such report to the Congress”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by section 107(c) of Pub. L. 106–168 effective 120 days after Dec. 12, 1999, see section 111 of Pub. L. 106–168, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. Pub. L. 106–168, title I, § 110(b)(2), (3), Dec. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1817, provided that: “(2)

Effective Date

.—This subsection [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 1999], and the

Amendments

made by this subsection shall apply with respect to semiannual reporting periods beginning on or after such date of enactment. “(3)

Savings Provision

.—For purposes of any semiannual reporting period preceding the first semiannual reporting period referred to in paragraph (2), the provisions of title 39, United States Code, shall continue to apply as if the

Amendments

made by this subsection had not been enacted.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

39 U.S.C. § 3013

Title 39, Postal Service

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110