§3653. Annual determination of compliance — Inbound Citations

Code of Federal Regulations Citations

Cited by 6 regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations.

• 39 C.F.R. § 3000.102(a) — Statutory functions.

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  (a) The Commission develops and maintains regulations for a modern system of rate regulation, including maintaining the market dominant and competitive product lists in the Mail Classification Schedule and ensuring that rates meet the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 3633. The Commission consults with the Postal Service on delivery service standards and performance measures and with the Department of State on international postal policies. The Commission adjudicates rate and service complaints filed pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3662 and offers advisory opinions on proposed changes to postal services pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3661. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3651, the Commission provides an annual report to the President and Congress, and pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3653, the Commission issues an annual compliance determination to assess whether the Postal Service's rates, fees, and services comport with the requirements of title 39. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5), the Commission acts on postal patrons' appeals concerning Postal Service decisions to close or consolidate post offices.

• 39 C.F.R. § 3000.114(a) — The Public Representative.

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  (a) Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints a staff member, on a case-by-case basis, to serve as a representative of the general public's interests in public proceedings before the Commission; pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3653, 39 U.S.C. 3661, and 39 U.S.C. 3662, and 39 U.S.C. 3705, the Commission also appoints a staff member, on a case-by-case basis, to serve as a representative of the general public's interests in certain proceedings; and, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 504(a), the Chairman may appoint a staff member, on a case-by-case basis, to serve as a representative of the general public's interests in other proceedings before the Commission. In all such proceedings, the appointee is called the Public Representative.

• 39 C.F.R. § 3002.2(a) — Statutory functions.

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• 39 C.F.R. § 3007.50(a) — Request for access to non-public materials relevant to compliance.

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• 39 C.F.R. § 3050.1(d) — Definitions applicable to this part.

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  (d) refers to the report that 39 U.S.C. 3653 requires the Commission to issue each year evaluating the compliance of the Postal Service.

• 39 C.F.R. § 3055.7(c) — Reasonable performance targets.

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  (c) The Commission will use each reasonable target set by the Postal Service to evaluate compliance for each market dominant product for a given fiscal year pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3653(b)(2).

Citations to 39 U.S.C. § 3653 as a whole

• 39 U.S.C. § 3705(e)(2)

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  (2) Not later than 90 days after receiving a report required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall make a written determination as to whether the activities carried out pursuant to this chapter during the applicable year were or were not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, any case in which the requirements for coverage of costs attributable have not been met shall be considered to be a case of noncompliance. If, with respect to a year, no instance of noncompliance is found to have occurred, the determination shall be to that effect. Such determination of noncompliance shall be included with the annual compliance determination required under section 3653.