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Authorization To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems

The Postal Service is amending its Postage Evidencing Systems regulations to align with existing practices and operational realities to better address circumstances where advanc...

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Postal Service

39 CFR Part 501

AGENCY:

Postal Service.

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

The Postal Service is amending its Postage Evidencing Systems regulations to align with existing practices and operational realities to better address circumstances where advances by a resetting company on any given day exceed the daily average funds advanced amount maintained on deposit with the Postal Service. The regulations currently allow resetting companies to advance postage to customers by a process where the resetting company maintains a daily average advance balance with the Postal Service. The current regulation contemplates that the amount on deposit will always cover amounts advanced and does not permit a resetting company to advance funds to customers in excess of the amount maintained on deposit. Operational realities will create circumstances where it is necessary to advance funds in excess of the amount on deposit and the average daily balance rule represents a practical and fair method to address circumstances where excess advances occur.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before December 14, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Mail or deliver comments to the Treasurer, United States Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, RM 8307, Washington, DC 20260. Email comments, containing the name and address of the commenter, to: PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a subject line of “[Date], Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems.” Faxed comments are not accepted.

You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at USPS® Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor N, Washington, DC by appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday by calling 1-202-268-2906 in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Milligan, Treasurer, United States Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, RM 8307, Washington, DC 20260, phone number (202) 384-7296.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Postal Service invites public comment on the following proposed amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations.

All submitted comments and attachments are part of the public record and subject to disclosure. Do not enclose any material in your comments that you consider to be confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 501

Administrative practice and procedure
Postal Service

PART 501—AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS

1. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410, 2601, 2605; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3.

2. Amend § 501.15 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 501.15

Computerized Meter Resetting System.

(c) If the RC chooses to offer advancement of funds to customers, the RC is required to maintain a deposit with the Postal Service equal to at least one (1) day's average funds advanced. The provider shall transfer to the Postal Service funds equal to the net amount advanced for any given day on or before the morning of the next business day. The Postal Service shall not be liable for any payment made by the RC on behalf of a customer that is not reimbursed by the customer, since the RC is solely responsible for the collection of advances made by the RC.

Jeffrey Boblick,

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.

[FR Doc. 2026-23064 Filed 11-10-26; 8:45 am]

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“Authorization To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems,” thefederalregister.org (November 12, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-23064/authorization-to-manufacture-and-distribute-postage-evidencing-systems.