Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

39 U.S.C. § 2009

Annual budget

section 415(f) of title 5section 1105 of title 31The Postal Service shall cause to be prepared annually a budget program which shall be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, under such rules and regulations as the President may establish as to the date of submission, the form and content, the classifications of data, and the manner in which such budget program shall be prepared and presented. The budget program shall be a business-type budget, or plan of operations, with due allowance given to the need for flexibility, including provision for emergencies and contingencies, in order that the Postal Service may properly carry out its activities as authorized by law. The budget program shall contain estimates of the financial condition and operations of the Postal Service for the current and ensuing fiscal years and the actual condition and results of operation for the last completed fiscal year. Such budget program shall include a statement of financial condition, a statement of income and expense, an analysis of surplus or deficit, a statement of sources and application of funds, and such other supplementary statements and information as are necessary or desirable to make known the financial condition and operations of the Postal Service. Such statements shall include estimates of operations by major types of activities, together with estimates of administrative expenses and estimates of borrowings. The budget program shall also include separate statements of the amounts which (1) the Postal Service requests to be appropriated under subsections (b) and (c) of section 2401, and (2) the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under . The President shall include these amounts, with his recommendations but without revision, in the budget transmitted to Congress under .

Pub. L. 91–37584 Stat. 742Pub. L. 93–328, § 388 Stat. 288Pub. L. 97–258, § 3l96 Stat. 1066Pub. L. 109–435, title VI, § 603(c)(1)120 Stat. 3241Pub. L. 117–108, title II, § 205(b)(2)136 Stat. 1148Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(67)136 Stat. 4350(, , ; , , ; ()(2), , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–286section 415(f) of title 5section 415(f) of title 5Pub. L. 117–1082022—, which directed substitution of “,” for “section 8G(f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978,”, was executed by substituting “” for “section 8G(f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978” to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the intervening amendment by , which had struck out the comma after “1978”. See below.

Pub. L. 117–108section 504(d) of this title inserted “and” before “(2)” and struck out “, and (3) the Postal Regulatory Commission requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under ” after “Inspector General Act of 1978”.

Pub. L. 109–435section 504(d) of this titlesection 2401 of this title2006— substituted “The budget program shall also include separate statements of the amounts which (1) the Postal Service requests to be appropriated under subsections (b) and (c) of section 2401, (2) the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 8G(f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and (3) the Postal Regulatory Commission requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under .” for “The budget program shall also include separate statements of the amounts which the Postal Service requests to be appropriated under subsections (b) and (c) of .”

Pub. L. 97–258section 1105 of title 31section 11 of title 311982— substituted “” for “”.

Pub. L. 93–3281974— required the budget program to include separate statements of the amounts which the Postal Service requests to be appropriated under section 2401(b) and (c) of this title and the President to include these amounts in the budget transmitted to Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2006 Amendment; Savings Provisions

Pub. L. 109–435section 603(d) of Pub. L. 109–435section 504 of this titleAmendment by applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after , subject to savings provisions, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date

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

Operations of Inspector General as Major Type of Activity for Budget Purposes

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 662(a)(3)]110 Stat. 3009–314

section 2009 of title 39“For purposes of the fifth sentence of , United States Code, the operations of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service shall be considered a major type of activity.”
, , , 3009–379, provided that: