§5006 — Title 39 Postal Service | U.S. Code

Summary

If you do mail-transport work for a contractor or subcontractor, and you file the service contract and proof that you did the work with the Postal Service, you can make a claim to get paid from that contract. If the contractor or subcontractor still does not pay within 2 months after the month the work was done, the Postal Service may pay you and charge that amount to the contract. The payment cannot be more than the contractor’s or subcontractor’s annual rate of pay.

Title 39, §5006

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(a)A person who—

(1)performs service for a contractor or subcontractor in the transportation of mail;

(2)files his contract for service with the Postal Service; and

(3)files satisfactory evidence of performance with the Postal Service;

(b)The Postal Service may pay the person establishing a lien under subsection (a) of this section the sum due him, when the contractor or subcontractor fails to pay the person the amount of his lien within 2 months after the expiration of the month in which the service was performed. It shall charge the amount so paid to the contract. The payments may not exceed the annual rate of pay of the contractor or subcontractor.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

§5006 Lien on Compensation of Contractor

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Title 39, §5006

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