special rate fourth-class mail

special rate fourth-class mail Sec. 108. (a) Section 4554 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending so much of subsection (a) as precedes subparagraph (3) thereof to read as follows: “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the postage rate is 12 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 6 cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof, except that the rate now or hereafter prescribed for third- or fourth-class matter shall apply in every case where such rate is lower than the rate prescribed in this subsection on— “(1) books, including books issued to supplement other books, consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or 81 Stat. 620reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations, and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books; “(2) 16-millimeter or narrower width films, and catalogs of such films, except when sent to or from commercial theaters;”; (2) by striking out in subsection (b) (1) “4 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof” and inserting in lieu thereof “5 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 2 cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof”; (3) by inserting in subsection (b)(1)(B) “museums and herbaria,” immediately following “public libraries,”; (4) in subsection (b) (2) by striking out “and” at the end of clause (E); by striking out the period at the end of clause (F) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and by adding at the end of such subsection the following new clause: “(G) museum materials, specimens, collections, teaching aids, printed matter, and interpretative materials intended to inform and to further the education work and interests of museums and herbaria.”; (5) by inserting in subsection (c) “or narrower width” immediately following “16-millimeter”, and “museum materials, specimens, collections, teaching aids, printed matter, and interpretative materials intended to inform and to further the educational work and interests of museums and herbaria,” immediately following “sound recordings,”; and (6) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: “(e) Articles may be mailed under this section in quantities of one thousand or more in a single mailing, as defined by the Postmaster General, only in the manner directed by him.”. (b) Subparagraph (6) of section 4554(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting “playscripts and” immediately following “(6)”. (c) The section heading of section 4554 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read— “§ 4554. Books, films, and other materials; preferred rates”. (d) The table of contents of chapter 67 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out— “§ 4554. Postage rates on books and films.” and inserting in lieu thereof— “§ 4554. Books, films, and other materials; preferred rates.”.