mail regular rates

second-class mail regular rates Sec. 104. (a) Section 4359 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 4358 of this title, the rates of postage on publications mailed in accordance with subsection (a) are as follows: “[In cents] “Mailed during calendar year 1968 Mailed during calendar year 1969 Mailed after Dec. 31, 1969 Rate per pound: Advertising portion: Zones 1 and 2 4.6 4.9 5.2 Zone 3 5.7 6.0 6.4 Zone 4 7.8 8.3 8.8 Zone 5 9.9 10.5 11.1 Zone 6 12.0 12.8 13.6 Zone 7 12.8 13.7 14.5 Zone 8 15.0 16.0 17.0 Nonadvertising portion 3.0 3.2 3.4 Minimum charge per piece 1.1 1.2 1.3. 81 Stat. 618 “(c) For the purpose of this section and sect ion 4358 of this title, the portion of a publication devoted to advertisements shall include all advertisements inserted in the publication and attached permanently thereto. “(d) (1) Publications mailed in accordance with subsection (a), upon request by the publisher or news agent, may be transported by air on a space-available basis, on scheduled United States air carriers at rates fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board in accordance with section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376). The Postmaster General may authorize the transportation of publications by air pursuant to this subsection only when such transportation does not impede the transportation of airmail, air parcel post, or air transportation of first-class mail on a space-available basis. “(2) The Postmaster General shall prescribe from time to time charges to be collected for matter transported by air pursuant to this section. The charges— “(A) shall be in addition to the payment of lawfully required postage; “(B) may not be adjusted more frequently than once every two years; and “(C) when prescribed or adjusted, shall equal, as nearly as practicable, the amount by which the allocated cost incurred by the Department for the delivery of such matter by air is in excess of the allocated cost which would have been incurred by the Department had such matter been delivered by surface transportation, but the total of such charges and the lawfully required postage shall not, be less than 4 cents per piece. “(e) As used in this section the term ‘zones’ means the eight zones described in section 4553, or prescribed pursuant to section 4558, of this title.”; and (2) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “§4359. Rates of postage; regular”. (b) The table of contents of chapter 63 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out— “4359. Portage rates beyond county of publication.” and inserting in lieu thereof— “4359. Rates of postage; regular.”. (c) Subsection (b) of section 4365 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out “bills,”. (d) Section 4369(a) (4) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out “: Provided, however, That trade publications serving the performing arts need only to furnish such information to the Postmaster General”.