Title 39 — Postal ServiceRelease 119-73not60

§3653 Annual Determination of Compliance

Title 39 › Part IV— MAIL MATTER › Chapter 36— POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES › Subchapter IV— REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED PROVISIONS › § 3653

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Postal Regulatory Commission must let the public, people affected, and a Commission officer who speaks for the public comment after it gets the yearly reports. Within 90 days of those reports, the Commission must write whether any rates or fees were out of compliance or whether service standards were not met. If it finds noncompliance in time, it must act the same way it would if a formal complaint had been filed and upheld under section 3662. Each year the Commission must also check if the Postal Service met the goals in sections 2803 and 2804 and may offer recommendations to protect or promote public-policy goals. A timely written determination from the Commission creates a rebuttable presumption that the Postal Service complied with the rates, fees, and service standards for that year in any section 3662 proceeding.

Full Legal Text

Title 39, §3653

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(a)After receiving the reports required under section 3652 for any year, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall promptly provide an opportunity for comment on such reports by users of the mails, affected parties, and an officer of the Commission who shall be required to represent the interests of the general public.

(b)Not later than 90 days after receiving the submissions required under section 3652 with respect to a year, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall make a written determination as to—

(1)whether any rates or fees in effect during such year (for products individually or collectively) were not in compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter (or regulations promulgated thereunder); or

(2)whether any service standards in effect during such year were not met.

(c)If, for a year, a timely written determination of noncompliance is made under subsection (b), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall take appropriate action in accordance with subsections (c) and (e) of section 3662 (as if a complaint averring such noncompliance had been duly filed and found under such section to be justified).

(d)The Postal Regulatory Commission shall also evaluate annually whether the Postal Service has met the goals established under section 2803 and 2804, and may provide recommendations to the Postal Service related to the protection or promotion of public policy objectives set out in this title.

(e)A timely written determination described in the last sentence of subsection (b) shall, for purposes of any proceeding under section 3662, create a rebuttable presumption of compliance by the Postal Service (with regard to the matters described under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)) during the year to which such determination relates.

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Citation

39 U.S.C. § 3653

Title 39 — Postal Service

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60