§601. Letters carried out of the mail — Inbound Citations

Citations to 39 U.S.C. § 601 as a whole

• 18 U.S.C. § 1696(c)

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  (c) This chapter shall not prohibit the conveyance or transmission of letters or packets by private hands without compensation, or by special messenger employed for the particular occasion only. Whenever more than twenty-five such letters or packets are conveyed or transmitted by such special messenger, the requirements of section 601 of title 39, shall be observed as to each piece.
• 39 U.S.C. § 409(e)(1)

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  (1) To the extent that the Postal Service, or other Federal agency acting on behalf of or in concert with the Postal Service, engages in conduct with respect to any product which is not reserved to the United States under section 1696 of title 18, the Postal Service or other Federal agency (as the case may be)—

  (A) shall not be immune under any doctrine of sovereign immunity from suit in Federal court by any person for any violation of Federal law by such agency or any officer or employee thereof; and

  (B) shall be considered to be a person (as defined in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act) for purposes of—

  (i) the antitrust laws (as defined in such subsection); and

  (ii) section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to the extent that such section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.

  For purposes of the preceding sentence, any private carriage of mail allowable by virtue of section 601 shall not be considered a service reserved to the United States under section 1696 of title 18.
• 39 U.S.C. § 602(a)

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  (a) Except as provided in section 601 of this title, the master of a vessel departing from the United States for foreign ports may not receive on board or transport any letter which originated in the United States that—

  (1) has not been regularly received from a United States post office; or

  (2) does not relate to the cargo of the vessel.
• 39 U.S.C. § 3662(a)

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  (a) Any interested person (including an officer of the Postal Regulatory Commission representing the interests of the general public) who believes the Postal Service is not operating in conformance with the requirements of the provisions of sections 101(d), 401(2), 403(c), 404a, or 601, or this chapter (or regulations promulgated under any of those provisions) may lodge a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission in such form and manner as the Commission may prescribe.