---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 2007"
title: "39"
title_heading: "Postal Service"
number: "2007"
heading: "Public debt character of the obligations of the Postal Service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/39/2007"
units:
  - "Part III — Modernization and Fiscal Administration"
  - "Chapter 20 — Finance"
---

# §2007. Public debt character of the obligations of the Postal Service


For the purpose of any purchase of the obligations of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under [chapter 31](/usc/31/chstIII/ch31.md) of title 31, as now or hereafter in force, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under [chapter 31](/usc/31/chstIII/ch31.md) of title 31, as now or hereafter in force, are extended to include any purchases of the obligations of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) under this chapter. The Secretary of the Treasury may, at any time, sell any of the obligations of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) acquired by him under this chapter. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the obligations of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 97–452, § 2(f), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2479.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1983—Pub. L. 97–452 substituted “chapter 31 of title 31” for “the Second Liberty Bond Act” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.