airmail

airmail Sec. 102. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4303 of title 39, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: “(a) Except as provided in section 4304 of this title and subsection (b) of this section, the rate of postage on domestic airmail weighing not more than 7 ounces is 10 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. “(b) The rate of postage on each postal card and post card sent as domestic airmail is 8 cents.”. (b) Subsection (d) of section 4303 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(1) The rates of postage on air parcel post are based on the eight zones described in section 4553, or prescribed pursuant to section 4558, of this title in accordance with the following tables: “Zones Local 1,2, and 3 4 5 6 7 8 Not over 1 lb $0.80 $0.80 $0.80 $0.80 $0.80 $0.80 Over 1 lb. but not over 1½ lbs 98 1.02 1.07 1.14 1.18 1.24 Over lbs. but not over 2 lbs 1.16 1.23 1.34 1.47 1 55 1.68 Over 2 lbs but not over 2½lbs 1.40 1.48 1.62 1.79 1.91 2.08 Over 2½lbs. but not over 3 lbs 1.64 1.73 1.90 2.11 2.27 2.48 Over 3 lbs. but not over 3½ lbs 1.88 1.98 2.18 2.43 2.63 2.88 Over 3½ lbs. but not over 4 lbs 2.12 2.23 2.46 2.75 2.99 3.28 Over 4 lbs but not over 4½ lbs 2.36 2.48 2.74 3.07 3.35 3.68 Over 4½ lbs. but not over 5 lbs 2.60 2.73 3.02 3.39 3.71 4.08 81 Stat. 615 For each pound or fraction of a pound in excess of five pounds in weight, the additional postage as follows: “Zones Rate Local and zones 1, 2, and 3 $0.48 Zone 4 .50 Zone 5 .56 Zone 6 .64 Zone 7 .72 Zone 8 .80.”; (2) by deleting paragraph (2); and (3) by striking out in paragraph (5), subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(B) second-class publications published once each week or more frequently and featuring principally current news of interest to members of the Armed Forces and the general public which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office (i) in an overseas area designated by the President under section 4169 of this title or (ii) in an isolated, hardship or combat support area overseas, or where adequate surface transportation is not available; and “(C) parcels of any class of mail exceeding five pounds but not exceeding seventy pounds in weight and not exceeding one hundred inches in length and girth combined, including surface-type official mail, which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post office where adequate surface transportation is not available.”. (c) Section 4303(f) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out “the Virgin Islands or the Canal Zone” wherever appearing therein and inserting in lieu thereof “or the Virgin Islands”. (d) Section 4301(2) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out the word “eight” and inserting in lieu thereof the figure