---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 960.17"
title: "39"
number: "960.17"
heading: "Settlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/960.17"
---

# §960.17. Settlement.


The applicant and the Postal Service may agree on a proposed settlement of the award before final action on the application, either in connection with a settlement of the underlying proceeding, or after the underlying proceeding has been concluded. If a prevailing party and Postal Service counsel agree on a proposed settlement of an award before an application has been filed, the application shall be filed with the proposed settlement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504 (c)(1); 39 U.S.C. 204, 401 (2).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 45945, Sept. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted.