reading and other materials for blind persons

reading and other materials for blind persons Sec. 303. Sections 4653 and 4654 of title 39, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: 76 Stat. 838 “§ 4653. Publications for blind persons “(a) The following matter may be mailed free of postage— “(1) books, pamphlets, and other reading matter, including pages thereof: “(A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsavingsize type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; “(B) in packages not exceeding the weight prescribed by the Postmaster General; “(C) containing no advertising or other matter whatsoever; “(D) unsealed; “(E) sent— “(i) by an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, as a loan to blind readers, or when returned by the blind reader to the lender; or “(ii) to a blind person without cost to the blind person; or “(iii) to an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, to be furnished to a blind person without cost to such blind person. “(2) magazines, periodicals, and other regularly issued publications: “(A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsavingsize type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; “(B) containing no advertising; “(C) for which no subscription fee is charged. “(b) There may be mailed at the rate of postage of 1 cent for each pound or fraction thereof— “(1) books, pamphlets, and other reading matter, including pages thereof: “(A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsavingsize type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; “(B) in packages not exceeding the weight prescribed by the Postmaster General; “(C) containing no advertising or other matter whatsoever; “(D) unsealed; “(E) sent— “(i) by an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, on a rental basis to blind readers, or when returned by the blind reader to such organizations, at a price not greater than the cost price thereof; or “(ii) to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof; or “(iii) to an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, to be furnished 76 Stat. 839to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof. “(2) magazines, periodicals, and other regularly issued publications: “(A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsavingsize type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; “(B) containing no advertising; “(C) when furnished by an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, to a blind person, at a price not greater than the cost price thereof. “§ 4654. Reproducers, sound recordings, and other materials and appliances for the preparation of reading matter for blind persons “(a) Reproducers, or parts thereof, for sound recordings for blind persons which are the property of the United States Government may be mailed free of postage when sent for repair, or returned after repair— “(1) by an organization, institution, public library, or association for blind persons, not conducted for private profit; “(2) by a blind person to such an agency not conducted for private profit; “(3) from such an agency to an organization, institution, public library, or association for blind persons not conducted for private profit; or “(4) to a blind person. “(b) The Postmaster General may extend the free mailing privilege provided by subsection (a) or this section to reproducers or parts thereof for sound recordings for blind persons, braille writers and other appliances for blind persons or parts thereof, that are the property of— “(1) State governments or subdivisions thereof; “(2) public libraries; “(3) private agencies for the blind not conducted for private profit; or “(4) blind individuals. “(c) The Postmaster General may also permit the mailing free of postage of paper, records, tapes, and other materials for use by the recipients for the production (whether by hand or printed) of reading matter either in raised characters or sightsavingsize type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons, where such materials are the property of— “(1) State governments or subdivisions thereof; “(2) public libraries; “(3) private agencies for the blind not conducted for private profit; or “(4) blind individuals.”