When the Postal Service finds a claim for damage to persons or property resulting from the operation of the Postal Service to be a proper charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under section 2672 of title 28 , it may adjust and settle the claim. ( Pub. L. 91–375 , Aug. 12, 1970 , 84 Stat. 745 .) 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 . Charge Against Postal Revenues for Settlement of Claims for Damages and for Losses Resulting From Unavoidable Casualty Pub. L. 89–57, title II, § 201 , June 30, 1965 , 79 Stat. 200 , provided in part: “That hereafter settlement of claims, pursuant to law, current and prior fiscal years, for damages, and for losses resulting from unavoidable casualty shall be paid from postal revenues.”