{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/s2001","title_num":"39","num":"§ 2001.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"id0675bdb2-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 738; Pub. L. 109–435, title IV, § 401(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3225.)","seq_in_title":58,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t39/ptIII/ch20","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39","level":"title","num":"Title 39—","heading":"POSTAL SERVICE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/ptIII","level":"part","num":"PART III—","heading":"MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/ptIII/ch20","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 20—","heading":"FINANCE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id0675bdb2-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t39/s2001\"><num value=\"2001\">§ 2001.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">As used in this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id0675bdb3-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t39/s2001/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> “Fund” means the Postal Service Fund established by section 2003 of this chapter;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id0675bdb4-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t39/s2001/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Competitive products fund</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “Competitive Products Fund” means the Postal Service Competitive Products Fund established by section 2011; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id0675bdb5-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t39/s2001/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> “obligations”, when referring to debt instruments issued by the Postal Service, means notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages, and any other evidence of indebtedness.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id0675bdb6-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/375\">Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, <date date=\"1970-08-12\">Aug. 12, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/738\">84 Stat. 738</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/435/tIV/s401/b/1\">Pub. L. 109–435, title IV, § 401(b)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"2006-12-20\">Dec. 20, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/120/3225\">120 Stat. 3225</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id0675e4c7-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id0675e4c8-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2006—Pars. (2), (3). <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/435\">Pub. L. 109–435</ref> added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id0675e4c9-6f69-11ea-969b-9f7237386934\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1971-07-01\">July 1, 1971</date>, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/375/s15/a\">section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375</ref>, set out as a note preceding <ref href=\"/us/usc/t39/s101\">section 101 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-108","currency_date":"2020-01-24","congress":116,"law_num":108,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":194,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","05","05a","06","08","10","11","12","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","31","32","33","34","37","38","39","40","41","42","44","46","49","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-108","currency_date":"2020-01-24","congress":116,"law_num":108,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":194,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","05","05a","06","08","10","11","12","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","31","32","33","34","37","38","39","40","41","42","44","46","49","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-108","currency_date":"2020-01-24","congress":116,"law_num":108,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":194,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","05","05a","06","08","10","11","12","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","31","32","33","34","37","38","39","40","41","42","44","46","49","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}